Western Pantar

Facts

Language: Western Pantar
Alternate names: Lamma, Mauta, Tubbe, Pantar Barat
Language code: lev
Language family: Trans-New Guinea, West, Timor-Alor-Pantar, Alor-Pantar, Pantar (SIL classification)
Number of speakers: 10804
Vulnerability: Vulnerable
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Western Pantar is a cover term first used by Holton for three mutually intelligible dialects: Mauta, Tubbe, and Lamma. Stokhof (1975) uses the term "Lamma" for all varieties of the language. A fourth dialect, Illu, is remembered by a few speakers but no longer spoken.