The Alor-Pantar languages are a family of clearly related Papuan languages spoken on islands of the Alor archipelago near Timor in southern Indonesia. They are most closely related to the Papuan languages of eastern Timor under the Timor-Alor-Pantar grouping. A more distant relationship with the Trans-New Guinea languages of the Bomberai peninsula of Western New Guinea has been proposed based on pronominal evidence, but though often cited it has never been firmly established.
Facts
RegionIslands of the Alor archipelago near Timor in southern Indonesia 1 Speaker Count Proto-Language StatusA well-established, clearly related family of Papuan languages; genetic relatedness has been confirmed through reconstruction of the proto-Alor-Pantar language. Most closely related to the Papuan languages of eastern Timor under the Timor-Alor-Pantar grouping. 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
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1. Wikipedia: Alor-Pantar Languages
Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia Alor-Pantar languages, lead paragraph, sentence 1
The Alor-Pantar languages are a family of clearly related Papuan languages spoken on islands of the Alor archipelago near Timor in southern Indonesia.
Wikipedia Alor-Pantar languages, External classification section
The genetic relatedness of the Alor-Pantar languages has been confirmed through the reconstruction of the proto-Alor-Pantar language.
Wikipedia Alor-Pantar languages, Languages section, final sentence
There is a total of 71,940 speakers.
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