Adang language
| Adang | |
|---|---|
| Hamap | |
| Region | Alor Island |
Native speakers | 8,000 (1995–2000)[1] |
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Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Variously: adn – Adang hmu – Hamap klz – Kabola |
| Glottolog |
adan1252[2] |
The Adang language is spoken on the island of Alor in Indonesia. The language is agglutinative. The Hamap dialect is sometimes treated as a separate language; on the other hand, Kabola, which is sociolinguistically distinct, is sometimes included.
Notes
- ↑ Adang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hamap at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Kabola at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Adang–Hamap–Kabola". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Further reading
- Haan, J. W. (2001) The Grammar of Adang: A Papuan Language Spoken on the Island of Alor East Nusa Tenggara – Indonesia (PhD thesis)
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