Bekais language

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Bekais
Native to	Indonesia, East Timor
Native speakers	2,000 (ca. 2006)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP (Central–Eastern) Timor–Babar Tetumic Bekais
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)

Bekais is a language on the border of East and West Timor that is closely related to Tetun.^[2]

References

↑ Cunningham, Ingram, & Sumbuk, 2006. Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment And Survival, p. 122
↑ Hull, Geoffrey. 1998. "The basic lexical affinities of Timor's Austronesian languages: a preliminary investigation." Studies in Languages and Cultures of East Timor 1:97-202.

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