Makasae

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Makasae
Spoken in: eastern East Timor
Total speakers: 70,000
Language family: Trans-New Guinea (TNG)
 West TNG linkage
  East Timor
   Makasae
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
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Makasae (also known as Makassai, Macassai, Ma'asae, and Makasai) is a Papuan language spoken by about 70,000 people on the eastern part of East Timor, in the districts of Baucau and Viqueque, just to the west of Fataluku. It is not closely related to Fataluku (or other languages), but is part of the same branch of the Trans-New Guinea phylum.

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