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Tarangan language

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Region
  
Aru Islands

Native speakers
  
14,000 (2011)

Language family
  
AustronesianMalayo-Polynesian (MP)Nuclear MP(Central–Eastern)AruTarangan

ISO 639-3
  
Either:tre – East Tarangantxn – West Tarangan

Glottolog
  
east2465  (East)west2538  (West)

Tarangan is one of the Aru languages, spoken by inhabitants of the Aru Islands. East and West Tarangan are divergent, perhaps no closer than they are to Manombai, also spoken in the Arus. West Tarangan is a trade language of the southern islands.

References

Tarangan language Wikipedia


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