Teiwa
[aka Tewa]Classification: Timor-Alor-Pantar
·endangered
Classification: Timor-Alor-Pantar
·endangered
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Information from: “A grammar of Teiwa” . Marian Klamer (2010) Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton
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.
Standard Indonesian and local Malay dialects
Spoken on Pantar island, part of the Alor archipelago. Specifically, the language is spoken in north Pantor around Kabir.
Information from: “"Documentation of 3-4 Endangered Non-Austronesian Languages of Alor and Pantar, Eastern Indonesia" HRELP Abstract” . Baird, Louise (2004)
local Malay
eastern part
Information from: “LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)” . Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie (2012)
Information from: “One item, many faces: ‘Come’ in Teiwa and Kaera.” (205-227) . Marian Klamer (2010) , Michael Ewing and Marian Klamer · Canberra: Pacific Linguistics
Spoken in the north-west of Pantar Island.