Tarangan, West | Ethnologue

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639: txn
Alternate Names: Tarangan Barat, West Trangan
Autonym: Rau Jarjar
Population: 7,910 (2011 SIL), increasing. No monolinguals.
Location:: Maluku province: south Aru islands, Tarangan island west coast.
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.

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