Abui | |
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Abui tanga | |
Region | Alor Island |
Ethnicity | Abui |
Native speakers | (16,000? cited 1981)[1] |
Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | abz |
Glottolog | abui1241 |
ELP | Abui |
Abui is a non-Austronesian language of the Alor Archipelago. It is spoken in the central part of Alor Island in Eastern Indonesia, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province by the Abui people. The native name in the Takalelang dialect is Abui tanga which literally translates as 'mountain language'.