Termanu language

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Termanu
Pa'da
Central Rote
Native toIndonesia
RegionRote Island
Native speakers
30,000 (2002)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
Dialects
  • Termanu
  • South Termanu
  • Korbafo
  • Bokai
Language codes
ISO 639-3twu
Glottologterm1237

Termanu is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. Speakers of Korbafo and Bokai dialects are ethnically distinct.

References[]

  1. ^ Termanu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Sources[]

  • Fanggidaej, J. (1892). "Rottineesche Spraakkunst". Bijdragen voor de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch Indië (in Dutch). 41: 554–571. doi:10.1163/22134379-90000187.
  • Jonker, J. C. G. (1908). Rottineesch–Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch). Leiden: E. J. Brill – via archive.org.
  • Jonker, J. C. G. (1915). Rottineesche Spraakkunst (in Dutch). Leiden: E. J. Brill.
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