Galoli
Galoli | ||
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East Timor | |
speaker | 16,266 | |
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Other official status in | East Timor ( national language ) | |
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The Galoli ( Lo'ok, Galole, Galolen, Glolen, Galóli ) are an ethnic group and language in East Timor with around 50,000 members, who mainly live on the north coast of the municipality of Manatuto . Some residents of Wetar's south coast also speak Galoli. They are the descendants of Timorese who founded a colony here. Her dialect Talo is still understandable for Galolis speakers.
language
Galoli is one of the Malayo-Polynesian languages . 16,266 residents of East Timor give it as their mother tongue. Since this region has been used as a trading center for many cultures, there are many borrowed words from other languages, mainly from languages of the Moluccas and Malay . The Catholic Church uses Galoli in the region and has thus established the grammar and vocabulary.
Galoli is closely related to Wetar , but less influenced by Malay than this . Both languages are each one of the 15 national languages of East Timor recognized in the constitution .
Comparison of Galoli in Manatuto and Talo in Wetar | ||
number | Galoli (Manatuto) | Talo |
1 | no | no |
2 | irua | erua |
3 | itelu | etelu |
4th | ihaat | ehaat |
5 | ilima | elima |
6th | ineen | eneem |
7th | ihitu | ehitu |
8th | ihaa | ehaa |
9 | isia | esia |
10 | sanulu | sanulo |
Web links
- The Languages of East Timor: Some Basic Facts ( January 19, 2008 memento in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Direcção-Geral de Estatística : Results of the 2015 census , accessed on November 23, 2016.
- ↑ Statistical Office of East Timor, results of the 2010 census of the individual sucos ( Memento of January 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b The Languages of East Timor: Some Basic Facts ( Memento from January 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )