Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Tewa
CLASSIFICATION		Timor-Alor-Pantar
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		twe
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Lebang Deing Madar
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Information from: “A grammar of Teiwa” . Marian Klamer (2010) Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,000
Native speakers worldwide

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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The present generation of adults still uses Teiwa at home and when talking to other Teiwa speaking adults, but they typically switch to Malay/Indonesian when addressing children. Children playing outside usually speak Malay/Indonesian amongst each other, Teiwa words and expressions are used occasionally.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Standard Indonesian and local Malay dialects

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken on Pantar island, part of the Alor archipelago. Specifically, the language is spoken in north Pantor around Kabir.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (Wurm and Hattori 1981)

PLACES: Indonesia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Nusa Tenggara, Central Pantar

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Pantar Island, Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: eastern part

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2003-2007

PLACES: Pantar Island, Eastern Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in the north-west of Pantar Island.

	2012	LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)						Institute for Language Information and Technology	Eastern Michigan University	http://llmap.org	Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie	Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.														-8.351678,124.182828
	2010	One item, many faces: ‘Come’ in Teiwa and Kaera.	Typological and areal analyses: Contributions from East Nusantara	205-227	Michael Ewing and Marian Klamer	Canberra: Pacific Linguistics					Marian Klamer	Marian Klamer. 2010. "One Item, Many Faces: ‘Come’ in Teiwa and Kaera." In Typological and areal analyses: Contributions from East Nusantara, edited by Michael Ewing and Marian Klamer. 205-227. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.		4,000	2003-2007	1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Pantar Island, Eastern Indonesia	Spoken in the north-west of Pantar Island.
	2010	A grammar of Teiwa				Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton					Marian Klamer	Marian Klamer. 2010. "A Grammar of Teiwa." Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.		4,000		1000-9999		Standard Indonesian and local Malay dialects	Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	12	The present generation of adults still uses Teiwa at home and when talking to other Teiwa speaking adults, but they typically switch to Malay/Indonesian when addressing children. Children playing outside usually speak Malay/Indonesian amongst each other, Teiwa words and expressions are used occasionally.	12	13	Indonesia	Spoken on Pantar island, part of the Alor archipelago. Specifically, the language is spoken in north Pantor around Kabir.	-8.267, 124.207
	2004	"Documentation of 3-4 Endangered Non-Austronesian Languages of Alor and Pantar, Eastern Indonesia" HRELP Abstract								http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=43	Baird, Louise	Baird, Louise. 2004. ""Documentation of 3-4 Endangered Non-Austronesian Languages of Alor and Pantar, Eastern Indonesia" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=43.		5,000		1000-9999		local Malay	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Pantar Island, Indonesia	eastern part
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX			http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	5,000		1000-9999	Speaker number data: (Wurm and Hattori 1981)		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Indonesia;	Nusa Tenggara, Central Pantar

Teiwa

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,000

Discussion

Teiwa

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,000

Discussion

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