Kola Island

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Kola
Geography
Location Southeast Asia
Coordinates 5°30′S134°35′E / 5.500°S 134.583°E / -5.500; 134.583 Coordinates: 5°30′S134°35′E / 5.500°S 134.583°E / -5.500; 134.583
Archipelago Aru Islands
Administration
ProvinceFlag of Maluku.png  Maluku
Regency Aru Islands Regency
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Kola is an island in the Aru Islands in the Arafura Sea. It is situated in the Maluku Province, Indonesia. The other five main islands in the archipelago are Tanahbesar (also called Wokam), Kobroor, Maikoor, Koba, and Trangan. [1]

The Kola language is spoken on the island. [2]

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Maikoor

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The Aru languages are a group of a dozen Austronesian languages spoken on the Aru Islands in Indonesia. None are spoken by more than ten thousand people. Although geographically close to Central Maluku languages, they are not part of that group linguistically.

Barakai is one of the Aru languages, spoken by inhabitants of the Aru Islands.

Manombai is one of the Aru languages, spoken by inhabitants of the Aru Islands.

Dobel, or Kobro’or, is one of the Aru languages, spoken by inhabitants of the Aru Islands Regency. It is close to Kola.

Kola is one of the Aru languages, spoken by inhabitants of the Aru Islands.

Tarangan is one of the Aru languages, spoken by inhabitants of the Aru Islands in eastern Indonesia. There are two "Tarangan" varieties: East and West Tarangan. These varieties are divergent, perhaps no closer than they are to Manombai, also spoken in the Arus. West Tarangan is a trade language of the southern islands.

Karey (Krei) is an Austronesian language spoken on the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia.

Lorang is an Austronesian language of the Aru Islands in eastern Indonesia. It is spoken in one village on Koba Island.

Mariri (Mairiri) is an Austronesian language spoken on the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia. It is close to Batuley.

Ujir is a language spoken on the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia, spoken in the villages of Ujir and Samang in northwestern Aru. As of 2015, it is highly endagered, since it is only spoken by a small fraction of the population of the two villages.

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Koba is an island in the Aru Islands in the Arafura Sea. It is situated in the Maluku Province, Indonesia. Its area is 1723 km². The other main islands in the archipelago are Tanahbesar, Kobroor, Kola, Maikoor, and Trangan.

References

  1. O'Connor, Sue; Spriggs, Matthew; Veth, Peter (2005). "1". The Archaeology of The Aru Islands. Canberra: The Australian National University. p. 2.
  2. "Kola". Ethnologue. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2020-01-26.