Tambora language

Tambora
Comparative vocabulary including Tambora words (second column from right), from Raffles' The History of Java
Native toIndonesia
RegionSumbawa
EthnicityTambora culture
Extinctc. 1815
unclassified (probable language isolate); non-Austronesian based on existing basic vocabulary
Language codes
ISO 639-3xxt
Glottologtamb1257
Approximate location where Tambora is spoken
Approximate location where Tambora is spoken
Location within Indonesia
Coordinates: 8°15′S 118°00′E / 8.25°S 118°E / -8.25; 118

Tambora was the language of the Tambora culture of Sumbawa, which was made extinct by the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora. It was the westernmost known Papuan language and was relatively unusual among such languages in being the language of a maritime trading state, though contemporary Papuan trading states were also found off Halmahera in Ternate and Tidore.

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