Naueti (language)

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Naueti

Spoken in

East Timor
speaker 16,507 ( as of 2015 )
Linguistic
classification
  • Naueti
Official status
Other official status in East TimorEast Timor East Timor
Language codes
ISO 639 -1

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Naueti ( Nauhete, Nauete, Naóti, Nauote, Nauoti ) is a dialect or language of the ethnic group of the same name in the southeast of East Timor , depending on the definition . Together with Kairui , Waimaha and Midiki it is grouped into the language / language group Kawaimina , which has the status of a national language in East Timor .

overview

The Kawaimina languages ​​belong to the Timor branch of the Central Malayo-Polynesian languages . Because of their proximity to the Papuan languages , especially Makasae, there are some borrowings, especially from the Naueti. The languages ​​stand out for their archaic features as well as unusual linguistic innovations, such as vowel harmony , aspiration and post-glottalization of consonants in their sound system. The structure of the grammar is generally very simple, with the exception of the Naueti.

The geographical centers of Naueti are to be found around the places Uato-Lari and Uatucarbau , in the municipality of Viqueque and in the southwest of the administrative office of Baguia (municipality of Baucau ). A Naueti minority lives in the administrative office of Viqueque (municipality of Viqueque). More Naueti native speakers have moved to the state capital Dili . In 2015, 16,507 East Timorese residents gave Naueti as their mother tongue in the census. 13,898 of them lived in the municipality of Viqueque, 1,489 in Baucau and 1,019 in Dili. The remaining 101 were distributed among the other municipalities in the country.

Naueti is geographically isolated from the other Kawaimina languages. In the neighboring regions the Papuan languages Makasae and Makalero dominate , which also influenced the vocabulary of Naueti. Differences can be seen in the Naueti between that in Uato-Lari and Uatucarbau -Baguia.

Translated, “Nau eti” means “now” or “at this point in time” in German. The word was taken up arbitrarily by the Makasae to denote their neighbors and is also used for their language.

Language examples

The largest language groups in the sucos of East Timors. [3] and number of speakers of the various languages ​​in the individual municipalities (as of 2015). The largest language groups in the sucos of East Timors. [3] and number of speakers of the various languages ​​in the individual municipalities (as of 2015).
The largest language groups in the sucos of East Timors. and number of speakers of the various languages ​​in the individual communities (as of 2015).
Proportion of Naueti native speakers in the Sucos East Timors (2010)

baha : mountain, settlement

liurai : nobleman

reinu : Belonging to the second social class, "commoner", member of the "people"

ata : slave

Bom dia : Hello (from Portuguese )

he'e : Yeah

Dahao : No.

Hiano there? : How are you?

laka : go

kha : eat

nu : drink

hia : good

rebuna : very good

Kaiwua : fruits

luba : hungry

re'o : thirsty

Hira nai nau'se'i? : What is your name?

The numbers in Naueti
number Naueti
1 se
2 kairua
3 kaitelu
4th kaihaa
5 kailima
6th kailima-resin
7th kailima-resi-kairua
8th kailima-resi-kaitelu
9 kailima-resi-kaihaa
10 welisé

Prominent native speakers

literature

  • Veloso, Alexandre: A grammar sketch of Naueti, a language of East Timor , Leiden University, 2016.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Direcção-Geral de Estatística : Results of the 2015 census , accessed on November 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c d The Languages ​​of East Timor: Some Basic Facts ( Memento from January 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b Statistical Office of East Timor, results of the 2010 census of the individual sucos ( Memento of January 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Veloso, Alexandre: A grammar sketch of Naueti, a language of East Timor , Leiden University (2016).
  5. ^ G. Saunders: Comparative vocabulary of the Naueti dialect , Studies in Languages ​​and Cultures of East Timor (2003).
  6. ↑ Direcção Nacional de Estatística: Population Distribution by Administrative Areas Volume 2 English ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Census 2010; PDF file; 21.53 MB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dne.mof.gov.tl
  7. ^ Daniel Fitzpatrick, Andrew McWilliam: Property and Social Resilience in Times of Conflict: Land, Custom and Law in East Timor
  8. ↑ Tempo Semanal: Political Earthquake: Major General Taur Matan Ruak to Run for President , July 14, 2011 .