The Exotica Of Timor Island

Timor Island Timor is an island in the southern part of the archipelago, it is divided between the independent state of East Timor and West Timor, part of East Nusa Tenggara province in Indonesia.The name of this island is taken from the word ‘east’, a Malay language for “east”, because it was located at the eastern tip of the island chain. Similar to nearby islands, most Timorese are Melanesian and anthropologists identify eleven distinct ethno-linguistic groups in Timor. The largest are the Atoni of western Timor, and the Tetum of…