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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Java and Bali) > Tengger

Tengger

A language of Indonesia (Java and Bali)

ISO 639-3tes

Population  80,000 (2000 census).
Region  East Java, Tengger-Semeru massif and slopes of Mt. Bromo.
Language map  Indonesia, Java and Bali
Alternate names   Tenggerese
Dialects  May be marginally intelligible with Javanese [jav].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Javanese
Language use  Also use Javanese. 20% use Indonesian [ind].
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 20%.
Writing system  Javanese script.
Comments  Ethnically distinct. Agriculturalists: vegetables. Hindu, Muslim, Christian.