Makuv'a language

For Makua languages of Mozambique, see Makua languages.

Makuv'a
Lovaea
Spoken in	East Timor
Region	Southeast Asia
Native speakers	< 50 (date missing)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Central–Eastern MP Timor–Babar Southwest Maluku Makuv'a
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`lva`

Makuv'a, also spelled Makua and also known as Lovaea (Lovaia), is a nearly extinct Austronesian language spoken at the northeast tip of East Timor near the town of Tutuala.

Makuv'a 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.