| Western Pantar | |
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| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Nusa Tenggara Timur |
Native speakers | 10,300 (2014)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea ?
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lev |
| Glottolog | lamm1241 |
| ELP | Western Pantar |
Western Pantar, sometimes referred to by the name of one of its dialects, Lamma, is a Papuan language spoken in the western part of Pantar island in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia. Western Pantar is spoken widely in the region by about 10,000 speakers. Although speakers often use Malay in political, religious, and educational contexts, Western Pantar remains the first language of children of the region, and is acquired to some extent by immigrants.