Blagar language

Blagar
Tereweng
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Pantar Island
Native speakers	unknown (12,000 cited 1981)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea West Trans–New Guinea Alor–Pantar Alor West Straits Blagar
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `beu` – Blagar `twg` – Tereweng
Glottolog	`blag1240` (Blagar)^[2] `tere1277` (Tereweng)^[3]

Blagar is a Papuan language of Pantar island in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia. The Tereweng dialect on Teweweng Island of the coast of Pantar is sometimes treated as a distinct language.

References

↑ Blagar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Tereweng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Blagar". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tereweng". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

West Trans–New Guinea languages

Dani	Grand Valley Dani Hupla Nduga Nggem Silimo Walak Wano Western Dani Yali

Paniai Lakes	Auye Dao Ekari Moni Wolani

West Bomberai	Baham Karas Iha

East Timor	Fataluku Makalero Makasai Oirata Rusenu

Alor–Pantar	Abui Adang Blagar Kafoa Kamang Klon Kui Kula Retta Sawila Wersing

Others	Bunak Kaera Nedebang Teiwa Western Pantar

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