Idalaka language
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Idalaka | |
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Region | East Timor |
Native speakers | 17,000 (2010 census)[1] |
Austronesian
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ISO 639-3 | Either:idt – Idatélka – Lakalei |
Glottolog | east2733 |
Distribution of Idaté mother-tongue speakers in East Timor | |
Distribution of Lakalai Distribution of Isní Distribution of Lolein Distribution of Idalaka |
Idalaka is a dialect chain spoken in East Timor. The dialects are spoken in the Ramelau mountains with the exception of endangered Lolein, which is spoken in Dili. Idalaka resembles the Kemak language in that there are archaic features such as personal prefixes in verbs. Idalaka is one of 15 recognized national languages of East Timor. The name is a portmanteau of Idaté and Lakalai.
References[]
- ^ Idaté at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Lakalei at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Bibliography[]
- Alcantara, Maressa Xavier (2014). Descrição fonética e fonológica da língua idaté do Timor Leste [Phonetic description and phonology of the idaté language of East Timor] (Master's thesis) (in Portuguese). University of São Paulo. doi:10.11606/d.8.2014.tde-11052015-171431.
Categories:
- Languages of East Timor
- Timor–Babar languages
- East Timor stubs
- Austronesian language stubs