Data · dataset · 2026
A First Systemised Collection of Unattested Kula (Tanglapui) Toponyms from Alor Island (Southeastern Indonesia)
Listed in Teesside University Research Data Repository
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).
Description
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.
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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) The collection was supported by the research grant “Place Names and Cultural Identity: Toponyms and Their Diachronic Evolution among the Kula People from Alor Island”—Research Development Fund (RDF) Grant, Grant Number: RDF-23-01-014 (Principal Investigator: Dr Francesco Perono Cacciafoco), funded by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), Suzhou (Jiangsu), China, 2024–2025.
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Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.17632/j9vmh6sfj5.1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from researchdata tees ac uk
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record data.mendeley.com/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Adata… ↗
metadata API · from researchdata tees ac uk
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Humanities · Linguistics
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teesside University Research Data Repository | oai:data.mendeley.com/j9vmh6sfj5.1 | 15 h ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · researchdata tees ac uk | connector:researchdata_tees_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4704 | mapping · researchdata tees ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Linguistics'] |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · researchdata tees ac uk | connector:researchdata_tees_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · researchdata tees ac uk | connector:researchdata_tees_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · researchdata tees ac uk | connector:researchdata_tees_ac_uk@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/description |
| license | source · researchdata tees ac uk | connector:researchdata_tees_ac_uk@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/rights |
| publication_date | source · researchdata tees ac uk | connector:researchdata_tees_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · researchdata tees ac uk | connector:researchdata_tees_ac_uk@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/title |