Tarangan is one of the Aru languages, spoken by inhabitants of the Aru Islands in eastern Indonesia. There are two varieties of Tarangan: East and West Tarangan. These varieties are divergent, perhaps no closer than they are to Manombai, also spoken in the Arus. West Tarangan is a trade language of the southern islands.[2]
Tarangan | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Aru Islands |
Native speakers | 14,000 (2011)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:tre – East Tarangantxn – West Tarangan |
Glottolog | east2465 Eastwest2538 West |
The following is the description for West Tarangan:[3]
Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Plosive | voiceless | (p) | t̪ | k | (ʔ) | |
voiced | b | d | (dʒ) | (ɡ) | ||
Fricative | ɸ | s | ||||
Flap | ɾ | |||||
Lateral | l | |||||
Approximant | j | w |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Close-mid | e | o | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a |