Tarangan, West

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
txn
Alternate Names
Tarangan Barat, West Trangan
Autonym
Rau Jarjar
User Population

7,910 (2011 SIL), increasing. No monolinguals.

Location

Maluku province: south Aru islands, Tarangan island west coast.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Aru
Dialects

Southwestern Tarangan (Rau Jar-jar, Tarangan Barat, TarBar, West Tarangan), North Central Tarangan (Northwest-Serwatu Tarangan, Ra Jir-jar, Rau Jar-jar). 2 sharply distinct dialect groups with minor variation within them. Lexical similarity: 70% with East Tarangan [tre] and Manombai [woo].

Typology

SVO; prepositions; noun head Initial; 2 maximum prefixes, 2 maximum suffixes; clause constituent marked by word order; verb agreement; no passive; 15 lexical consonants; 7 vowel phonemes; nontonal.

Language Use

Vigorous. Home, community. Used by all. Positive attitudes. All also use Ambonese Malay [abs], and the Dobo Malay dialect in particular. Most also use Indonesian [ind].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 10%–70%. Literacy rate in L2: 90% in Indonesian [ind]. Literature. Bible portions: 1997–2008.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tarangan, West
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Largest language group in Aru Islands. Christian, Muslim.