Uab Meto

Facts

  • Language: Uab Meto
  • Alternate names: Atoni, “Dawan” , Meto, Orang Gunung, “Rawan” , Timol, Timor, “Timor Dawan” , Timoreesch, Timoreezen, Timorese, Uab Atoni Pah Meto, Uab Pah Meto
  • Language code: aoz
  • Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Timoric A, Western Timoric A, Rote-Meto, East Rote-Meto, Central-Eastern Rote-Meto, Eastern-East-Central Rote-Meto, Eastern Rote-Meto, Uab Metoic, Northeast Meto
  • Number of speakers: 700000
  • Vulnerability: risk [Read more...]
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    Introduction

    Uab Meto is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in East Nusa Tenggara Province. Most of west Timor island.

    Dialects

    Amanuban-Amanatun (Amanatun, Amanuban, Amanubang), Amfoan-Fatule’u-Amabi (Amabi, Amfoan, Amfuang, Fatule’u), Biboki-Insana (Biboki, Insanao), Kusa-Manlea (Kusa, Manea, Manlea), Mollo-Miomafo (Miomafo, Mollo). Much dialect variation. Ethnological and linguistic differences in nearly every valley. Same language chain as Amarasi (See: Amarasi?) and Baikeno (See: Baikeno?).

    The Uab Meto Verb

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