| Tereweng | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Tereweng Island |
| Ethnicity | Tereweng |
Native speakers | 1,100[1] |
Trans–New Guinea ?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | twg |
| Glottolog | tere1277 |
 Languages of theAlor Archipelago; Tereweng is shown in separate blue in the southern part. | |
Tereweng is anAlor–Pantar language spoken by the Tereweng people onTereweng Island,[2] southeast ofPantar.[3] This language is especially closely related toBlagar, sometimes considered a dialect of it, or more distantly toRetta.[4]
The speakers number around 1,100, most of whom aremultilingual, able to speakAlor Malay andIndonesian.[1] Its speakers are mostlyMuslims, especially closely related to theBlagar people.[5]
