Alorese (bahasa Alor) is an Austronesian language spoken on Alor and the neighboring islands of the Alor archipelago in eastern Indonesia. It is not to be confused with non-Austronesian ( Papuan) languages of the Alor–Pantar family which are also spoken in this region. It is also distinct from

Alor Malay Alor Malay is spoken in the Alor archipelago. Speakers perceive Alor Malay to be a different register of standard Indonesian, but both of these are prestige varieties of the archipelago. Many people are able to understand standard Indonesian, bu ...

, a Malay variety which is currently supplanting Alorese as the language of wider communication in the region. Alorese is the native language of several immigrant communities located along the coast of the Alor archipelago, especially at

Alor Kecil Alor may refer to: South Asia *Aror or Alor, medieval name of city of Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan *Chach of Alor, Brahmin Chamberlain and Secretary to Rai Sahasi the Second *Alor, Bastar, a village in Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, India Southeast ...

on Alor and at Baranusa and Marica on Pantar. It has also been used extensively as a trade language in the region. Alorese is closely related to

Lamaholot The Lamahalot or Solorese people are an indigenous tribe located on Flores, Flores Island, Indonesia, and some smaller islands around it (Solor, Adonara, and Lomblen). Lamaholot people speak the Lamaholot language with different dialects, the numb ...

and is often classified as a dialect thereof. Researchers like Klamer (2011), who found that Alorese shares only half its basic vocabulary with Lamaholot, consider Alorese to be distinct enough to be considered its on language.

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* * Flores-Lembata languages Languages of Indonesia {{au-lang-stub