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Tugun

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3: tzn

Population  1,200 (1990 SIL). 1% monolinguals.
Region  Southwest Maluku, north of Timor, southeast end of Wetar Island, Mahuan, Masapun, Tomliapat, Ilpokil, Kahailin, Ilway, Arwala villages.
Language map  Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara and Southwestern Maluku
Alternate names   Mahuan, Tutunohan
Dialects  Mahuan, Masapua, Tomliapat, Ilpokil, Kahailin Ilway, Arwala. Lexical similarity: 92%–97% among dialects, 76% with Perai [wet], 74% with Aputai [apx], 73% with Ili’uun [ilu], 52% with Talur [ilw].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Timor, Extra-Ramelaic, North, Wetar
Language use  Vigorous. Home, local commerce, oral tradition. Positive attitude. Most also use Indonesian [ind] or Ambonese Malay [abs].
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Swidden agriculturalists: maize. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

GRIMES, Charles E., editor. 2000. Spices from the east: Papers in languages of eastern Indonesia.

HINTON, Bryan D., author. 1991. Aspects of Tugun phonology and syntax.

HINTON, Bryan D., author. 2000. "The languages of Wetar: recent survey results and word lists with notes on Tugun grammar."