Uab Meto language
Austronesian language spoken in West Timor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Uab Meto or Dawan is an Austronesian language spoken by Atoni people of West Timor. The language has a variant spoken in the East Timorese exclave of Oecussi-Ambeno, called Baikenu. Baikenu uses words derived from Portuguese, for example, obrigadu for 'thank you', instead of the Indonesian terima kasih.[4]
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Uab Meto | |
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Uab Metô | |
Native to | Indonesia, East Timor |
Region | West Timor, Oecusse |
Native speakers | 800,000 (2009–2011)[1] |
Austronesian
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Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
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ISO 639-3 | Either:aoz – Uab Metobkx – Baikeno |
Glottolog | uabm1237 |
ELP | Uab Meto |
Baikeno[2] | |
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