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Makuva language
Extinct Austronesian language of East Timor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Makuva, also known as Makuʼa or Lóvaia,[3] is an apparently extinct Austronesian language spoken at the northeast tip of East Timor near the town of Tutuala.
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Makuva has been heavily influenced by neighboring East Timorese Papuan languages, to the extent that it was long thought to be a Papuan language. The ethnic population was 50 in 1981, but the younger generation uses Fataluku as their first or second language. A 2003 report estimated that there were only five fluent speakers of the language.[4]
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Numbers
| Numbers in Makuva | |||
| Number | Makuva | ||
| 1 | itetlá | ||
| 2 | urua | ||
| 3 | okelo | ||
| 4 | oʼaka | ||
| 5 | olima | ||
| 6 | oneme | ||
| 7 | oíko | ||
| 8 | oava | ||
| 9 | osia | ||
| 10 | ideli | ||
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