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Western Pantar is a cover term first used by Holton for three mutually intelligible dialects: Mauta, Tubbe, and Lamma. Stokhof (1975) uses the term "Lamma" for all varieties of the language. A fourth dialect, Illu, is remembered by a few speakers but no longer spoken.

ALSO KNOWN AS		Lamma, Mauta, Tubbe, Pantar Barat
CLASSIFICATION		Timor-Alor-Pantar
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		lev
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Lamma Mauta Tubbe
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Information from: “Kamus Pengantar Bahasa Pantar Barat” . Gary Holton and Mahalalel Lamma Koly (2008) UBB-GMIT

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10804
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2008

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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Speakers are shifting to Indonesian (Alor Malay) under the influence of urbanization.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Alor Malay
Indonesia

PLACES: Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Tubbe dialect is spoken in Puntaru and Air Panas; Mauta dialect inAlimake, Lauki, Kapas, Ekajaya, Kolihabbang, Alikallang, Air Mama, and Beang; Lamma dialect in Latuna, Allung, Beangongo, Tulai, Nadda, Kayang, Wolu, Moba’a, and Boloang.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
10,000

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Nusa Tenggara Province, west Pantar island."

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~10,000
Native speakers worldwide

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: None
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in the western part of Pantar island, part of the Alor archipelago.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The community is relatively isolated. Many villages do not haveelectricity and thus have very limited access to mass media.

17th	2013	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)		Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig	Dallas, Texas: SIL International		http://www.ethnologue.com Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		10,000	10,000		10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Indonesia	"Nusa Tenggara Province, west Pantar island."
3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger			UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub																-8.53, 124.06
	2008	Kamus Pengantar Bahasa Pantar Barat			UBB-GMIT	Kupang, Indonesia		Gary Holton and Mahalalel Lamma Koly	Holton, Gary and Mahalalel Lamma Koly. 2008. Kamus Pengantar Bahasa Pantar Barat. (Dictionary of Western Pantar.) Kupang, Indonesia: UBB-GMIT.			10804	2008	10000-99999	school church	Alor Malay, Indonesia		Vulnerable (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	Speakers are shifting to Indonesian (Alor Malay) under the influence of urbanization.	11	11	Tubbe dialect is spoken in Puntaru and Air Panas; Mauta dialect inAlimake, Lauki, Kapas, Ekajaya, Kolihabbang, Alikallang, Air Mama, and Beang; Lamma dialect in Latuna, Allung, Beangongo, Tulai, Nadda, Kayang, Wolu, Moba’a, and Boloang.	Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia		-8.450514, 124.054522
	2011	Landscape in Western Pantar, a Papuan outlier of Southern Indonesia	Landscape in language: transdisciplinary perspectives	David M. Mark and Andrew G. Turk and Niclas Burenhult and David Stea	Amsterdam: John Benjamins			Gary Holton	Gary Holton. 2011. "Landscape in Western Pantar, a Papuan Outlier of Southern Indonesia." In Landscape in language: transdisciplinary perspectives, edited by David M. Mark et al. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.			~10,000		10000-99999		Standard Indonesian, Local Malay dialects, Alorese	Nearly the entire community speaks Indonesian, Many also speak Alorese	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					The community is relatively isolated. Many villages do not haveelectricity and thus have very limited access to mass media.	Indonesia	Spoken in the western part of Pantar island, part of the Alor archipelago.	-8.4, 124.05

Western Pantar

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10804

Vulnerable

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10,000

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~10,000

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Western Pantar

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10804

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10,000

Vulnerable

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~10,000

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