I know the form ている, but is there any other form like just てる without an い
between ?

This is the sentence that I'm confused with : 写真の右に写って ** _る_**
小物が気になります。なんやろね？
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What is the purpose of る in the sentence?
It' a colloquial -ている.

Maybe my ears deceive me but I often hear younger children producing it in
that way. It's also how I formed it for quite some time when I first started
learning Japanese.
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Yes, -てる is simply the colloquial form of -ている。
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〜ている is very often shortened informally to 〜てる. It's not rude, but it is non-
standard. You actually also hear 〜てます rather than ています, though again this is
non-standard Japanese and isn't something you'd typically do when talking to
your boss, as it may come-off too casual.

Grammatically, both these forms are identical to their alternative standard
forms, though, and while 〜ている is common in written Japanese, 〜てる is often used
in speech by all ages, though more so amongst children. 〜ている is often more
used, but 〜てる is definitely not uncommon in speech (and writing designed to
mirror speech)
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