Teun_language References

Teun
Teun
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Seram Island
Ethnicity	1,200 (1990)
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Timoric Southwest Maluku Teun–Nila–Serua Teun; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tve
Glottolog	teun1241
ELP	Te'un

Teun (also rendered Te'un^[3]) is an Austronesian language originally spoken on Teun Island (Mesa, Yafila and Wotludan villages) and Nila Island (Bumei village) in Maluku, Indonesia. Speakers were relocated to Seram due to volcanic activity on Teun.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Teun language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
^ Teun at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
^ Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics
^ Aone van Engelenhoven (2003). "Language endangerment in Indonesia: The incipient obsolescence and acute death of Teun, Nila and Serua (Central and Southwest Maluku)". In Mark Janse; Sjimen Tol (eds.). Language Death and Language Maintenance: Theoretical, Practical and Descriptive Approaches. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 49–80.
^ Taber, Mark (1993). " Toward a Better Understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku." Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Winter, 1993), pp. 389–441. University of Hawai'i.

[1] Teun language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)

[e17-2] Teun at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

[3] Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics

[4] Aone van Engelenhoven (2003). "Language endangerment in Indonesia: The incipient obsolescence and acute death of Teun, Nila and Serua (Central and Southwest Maluku)". In Mark Janse; Sjimen Tol (eds.). Language Death and Language Maintenance: Theoretical, Practical and Descriptive Approaches. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 49–80.

[5] Taber, Mark (1993). " Toward a Better Understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku." Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Winter, 1993), pp. 389–441. University of Hawai'i.

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