Idaté (language)

Idaté
Spoken in	East Timor
speaker	14,178
Linguistic classification	Austronesian languages Malayo-Polynesian languages Central Malayo Polynesian Timor-Flores Timor Ramelaic languages Idalaka Idaté
Official status
Other official status in	East Timor ( national language )
Language codes
ISO 639 -1	idt
ISO 639 -2	( B ) idt	( T ) idt

Idaté ( Idaté ) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in central East Timor by the Idaté ethnic group of the same name .

Overview

Proportion of Idaté native speakers in the sucos of East Timors

Idaté is one of the Austronesian languages ​​grouped together to form the Idalaka languages , which are very similar to one another. Together they are recognized as a national language in the East Timorese constitution and therefore enjoy special protection. The Idalaka languages ​​are closely related to Tetum and Habun and also 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 .

Idaté is mainly spoken in the Laclubar administrative office , but also in other parts of the Manatuto municipality and in the adjacent area of ​​the Manufahi municipality . The 2015 census recorded 14,178 native speakers.

The numbers in Idaté
number	Idaté
1	isa
2	rua
3	telu
4th	aat
5	lima
6th	no
7th	hitu
8th	ualu
9	sia
10	sanulu

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Direcção-Geral de Estatística : Results of the 2015 census , accessed on November 23, 2016.
2. ^ Geoffrey Hull : The Languages ​​of East Timor: Some Basic Facts ( January 19, 2008 memento in the Internet Archive )