Idalaka

Idalaka
Spoken in	East Timor
speaker	19,913
Linguistic classification	Austronesian languages Malayo-Polynesian languages Central Malayo Polynesian Timor-Flores Timor Ramelaic languages Idalaka
Official status
Other official status in	East Timor ( national language )

Idalaka ( Portuguese Idalaca ) is a scientific name for three very similar Malayo-Polynesian dialects that are spoken in central East Timor :

Breakdown

• Idaté (Idate): The colloquial language in Laclubar ( municipality of Manatuto ) across the border to Manufahi. 14,178 native speakers.
• Isní : It is spoken in the area east of Turiscai (Manufahi). 1,855 native speakers.
• Lacalei : It is spoken in the Fahinehan ( Manufahi ) area. 3,669 native speakers.

These dialects are closely related to Tetum and Habun and have a lot in common with Galoli . Idalaka is also so similar to Kemak that it has some archaic features (e.g. personal prefixes in verbs) that have already disappeared in Mambai and Tokodede .

The subdialect Lolein in Talitu ( municipality of Aileu ), Becora Leten and Hera ( municipality of Dili ), is a variant of Isní, which was introduced there by immigrants from Turiscai in the 19th century. In the community of Dili 568 people speak Lolein, another 533 in the neighboring Aileu and in East Timor there are a total of 1,155 native speakers.

Idalaka is one of the 15 national languages ​​of East Timor recognized in the constitution . A total of 19,913 East Timorese give to speak one of the Idalaka dialects as a mother tongue.

Maps of the spread of languages

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  The largest language groups in the sucos of East Timors.

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  Number of speakers of the different languages ​​in the individual municipalities (as of 2015)

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  Proportion of Idalaka native speakers in the sucos of East Timors.

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  Proportion of Idaté native speakers in the sucos of East Timors.

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  Proportion of Isní native speakers in the sucos of East Timors.

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  Proportion of Lakalai native speakers in the sucos of East Timors.

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  Proportion of Lolein native speakers in the sucos of East Timors.

vocabulary

The numbers in the various dialects of the Idalaka dialects
number	Lakalei	Isní	Lolein	Idaté
1	isa	is	isa	isa
2	rua	rua	rua	rua
3	telu	tel	telu	telu
4th	aat	aat	aat	aat
5	lima	lim	lima	lima
6th	no	no	no	no
7th	hitu	hitu	hitu	hitu
8th	ualu	ualu	ualu	ualu
9	sia	sia	sia	sia
10	sakulu	sakúl	sakulu	sanulu

supporting documents

• The Languages ​​of East Timor: Some Basic Facts ( January 19, 2008 memento in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Direcção-Geral de Estatística : Results of the 2015 census , accessed on November 23, 2016.
2. ↑ Statistical Office of East Timor, results of the 2010 census of the individual sucos ( Memento of January 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive )