Tarangan is one of the
Aru languages, spoken by inhabitants of the
Aru Islands in eastern
Indonesia. There are two varieties of Tarangan: East and West Tarangan. These varieties are divergent, perhaps no closer than they are to
Manombai, also spoken in the Arus. West Tarangan is a trade language of the southern islands.[2]
Phonology
The following is the description for West Tarangan:[3]
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Tarangan is one of the
Aru languages, spoken by inhabitants of the
Aru Islands in eastern
Indonesia. There are two varieties of Tarangan: East and West Tarangan. These varieties are divergent, perhaps no closer than they are to
Manombai, also spoken in the Arus. West Tarangan is a trade language of the southern islands.[2]
Phonology
The following is the description for West Tarangan:[3]
^
abcdefghNivens, Richard (1992). "A Lexical Phonology of West Tarangan". Phonological Studies in Four Languages of Maluku. Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington.