Kemak (language)
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East Timor , Indonesia | |
speaker | 68,995 in East Timor | |
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Kemak ( Ema , Port .: Quémaque ) is the language of the Kemak , an ethnic group in the north of Central Timor .
Most of them live in the East Timorese communities of Bobonaro (43,087 people, mainly in the administrative offices of Atabae , Cailaco , Maliana ) and Ermera (19,370, mainly in the administrative office of Atsabe ). Other Kemak speakers live in the communities of Cova Lima (3,241) and Dili (2,506) and in the Indonesian western part of the island . Kemak is the mother tongue of 68,995 East Timorese.
Kemak is a Malayo-Polynesian language from the Timor branch . It is closely related to Tokodede and Mambai . Kemak is one of the 15 national languages of East Timor recognized in the constitution .
Numbers in Kemak | |||
number | Kemak | ||
1 | sia | ||
2 | rua | ||
3 | telu | ||
4th | pata | ||
5 | lima | ||
6th | neme | ||
7th | icu | ||
8th | blue | ||
9 | sibe | ||
10 | sapulu |
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 )
- ^ The Languages of East Timor: Some Basic Facts ( January 19, 2008 memento in the Internet Archive )