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Tarangan, West

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3: txn

Population	6,480 (Maluku Dalam Angka).
Region	South Maluku, south Aru Islands, Tarangan Island west coast.
Language map	Indonesia, Southern Maluku
Alternate names	Tarangan Barat, West Trangan
Dialects	Southwestern Tarangan, North Central Tarangan. 2 sharply distinct dialect groups, with minor variation within them. Lexical similarity: 70% with East Tarangan [tre] and Manombai [woo].
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Aru
Language use	Aru Islands trade language, especially south. Vigorous.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 10%–70%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%–70%. Bible portions: 1997–2004.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Largest language in Aru Islands. Christian, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MAC DONALD, Chas, author. 2005. Review of: Borrowing versus code-switching, by Richard J. Nivens.  

NIVENS, Richard, author. 1992. "A lexical phonology of West Tarangan."

NIVENS, Richard, author. 1993. "Reduplication in four dialects of West Tarangan."

NIVENS, Richard, author. 1998. Borrowing vs. code-switching: Malay insertions in the conversations of West Tarangan speakers of the Aru Islands of Maluku, eastern Indonesia.

NIVENS, Richard, author. 2002. Borrowing versus Code-Switching in West Tarangan (Indonesia).  

NIVENS, Susan, author. 1990. A sketch of kinship and marriage in West Tarangan, Aru.

Vernacular Publications

Rau jarjar kanei huruf jan pel takuna "Or tora jela". 1991.

Takuna jan. 1991.