A First Systemised Collection of Unattested Kula (Tanglapui) Toponyms from Alor Island (Southeastern Indonesia)

Hanjun Hua; Francesco PERONO CACCIAFOCO

doi:10.17632/j9vmh6sfj5.1

A First Systemised Collection of Unattested Kula (Tanglapui) Toponyms from Alor Island (Southeastern Indonesia)

Hanjun Hua
, Francesco PERONO CACCIAFOCO^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Applied Linguistics

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Research output: Other contribution › peer-review

Abstract

This dataset collects a first systemised list of so far undocumented place names from the Kula (Tanglapui) language and territory in Alor Island (Alor-Pantar Archipelago, Southeast Indonesia, Timor Area). It contains thirty-one entries of place names, documenting the toponymic landscape of the Kula-speaking region in East Alor. Each record in the dataset comprises the following core fields (when available):

1. Place Name
2. Name variant(s)
3. Gloss / Folk Etymology
4. Natural Source(s)
5. Story/History
6. Settlement Type
7. Location
8. Habitation Status (inhabited/abandoned)
9. Tribal Links (within Kula)
10. Tribal Links (outside Kula).

Original language	English
Type	Data Set
Media of output	Mendeley Data
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Number of pages	13
Place of Publication	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Edition	V1
Volume	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.17632/j9vmh6sfj5.1
Publication status	Published - 26 Jan 2026

Publication series

Name	Mendeley Data
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
No.	V1
Volume	1

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

Kula
Place Names
Lexicography
Language Documentation
Historical Linguistics
Toponomastics
Field Linguistics
Toponymy
Alor Island
Etymology
Indonesia

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