Adang language
| Adang | |
|---|---|
| Hamap | |
| Region | Alor Island |
Native speakers | (9,000 cited 1995–2000)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:adn – Adanghmu – Hamapklz – Kabola |
| ELP | Adang |
The Adang language is spoken on the island of Alor in Indonesia. The language is agglutinative. The Hamap dialect is sometimes treated as a separate language; on the other hand, Kabola, which is sociolinguistically distinct, is sometimes included.
Notes
- ^ Adang at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Hamap at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Kabola at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Further reading
- Haan, J. W. (2001) The Grammar of Adang: A Papuan Language Spoken on the Island of Alor East Nusa Tenggara – Indonesia (PhD thesis)