West Timor | |
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Geographic distribution: |
Indonesia |
Linguistic classification: | Austronesian
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Subdivisions: |
Atoni
Roti
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The West Timor languages are a group of Timor languages spoken in the western half of Timor and on the Roti Islands. There are branches:
A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database[1] found full support for the unity between Atoni and Roti. These were then linked to exclusively to the languages of eastern Timor, in a Nuclear Timor family, with about 75% confidence.