Tambora language
Language of the lost Tambora culture of Sumbawa, present-day Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tambora is a (Papuan) and included in branch West Papuan spoken by the Tamboran people of central Sumbawa, in what is now Indonesia, that was made extinct by the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora. It was the westernmost known Papuan language[1] and was relatively unusual among such languages in being the language of a maritime trading state, though contemporary Papuan trading states were also found off Halmahera in Ternate and Tidore.[2]
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Tambora | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Sumbawa |
Ethnicity | Tombarans |
Extinct | Soon after 1815 |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xxt |
xxt.html | |
Glottolog | tamb1257 |
Coordinates: 8.25°S 118°E / -8.25; 118 | |
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