Uab Meto language

Uab Meto
Uab Meto
Uab Metô
Native to	Indonesia, East Timor
Region	West Timor, Oecusse
Native speakers	800,000 (2009–2011)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern? Central? Timoric Rote–Meto West Rote–Meto Meto–Amarasi Uab Meto; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	East Timor
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; aoz – Uab Meto; bkx – Baikeno
Glottolog	uabm1237
ELP	Uab Meto
	Baikeno
	Map of the Meto language cluster according to Edwards (2020)

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.^[3]

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		Labial	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	k	ʔ
Plosive	voiced	b
Nasal		m	n
Fricative		f	s		h
Lateral			l

Uab Meto	English
Pah (polite), Tua (polite), Hao (normal), He’ (informal), Ya (normal)	Yes
Kaha’, Kahfa’	No
Nek seun banit (in West Timor)	Thank you
Obrigadu (in East Timor)	Thank you
Nek seunbanit namfau/´naek’, Terimakasih ‘nanaek (in West Timor)	Thank you very much
Obrigadu namfau’ (in East Timor)	Thank you very much
Sama-sama, leko, naleok	You are welcome
Neu’	Please
Maaf, permisi, parmis	Excuse me
Halo, Tabe	Hello
Tkoenok tem pa´	Welcome, please come in
Tkoenok pa´ (to say good bye to one who leaves)	Good bye
Selamat tinggal (said to one staying)	Good bye
Selamat Jalan (said to one leaving)	Good bye

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