Teiwa language

Teiwa
Teiwa
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Pantar Island
Native speakers	4,000 (2010)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea ? West Bomberai ? Timor–Alor–Pantar Alor–Pantar Teiwa; ; ; ;
Dialects	Teiwa; Sar;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	twe
Glottolog	teiw1236
ELP	Teiwa
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	Coordinates: 8.38°S 124.17°E

Teiwa (also referred to as Tewa) is a Papuan language spoken on the Pantar island in eastern Indonesia. The island is the second largest in the Alor archipelago, lying just west of the largest island Alor.

Teiwa is a morphosyntactically simple language with little inflection and is as such described as an isolating language, also known as an analytic language. It is pronounced by a complex pronoun system.

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