Idaté (language)
Idaté | ||
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Spoken in |
East Timor | |
speaker | 14,178 | |
Linguistic classification |
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Official status | ||
Other official status in | East Timor ( national language ) | |
Language codes | ||
ISO 639 -1 |
idt |
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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
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
- ↑ a b Direcção-Geral de Estatística : Results of the 2015 census , accessed on November 23, 2016.
- ^ Geoffrey Hull : The Languages of East Timor: Some Basic Facts ( January 19, 2008 memento in the Internet Archive )