Idalaka language

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Idalaka
Region	East Timor
Native speakers	17,000 (2010 census)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP (Central–Eastern) Timor–Babar Ramelaic Idalaka
Dialects	Idaté Isní Lakalei Lolein
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `idt` – Idaté `lka` – Lakalei

Languages of Timor island

Idalaka is a dialect chain spoken in East Timor. The dialects are spoken in the Ramelau mountains with the exception of endangered Lolein, which is spoken in Dili. Idalaka resembles the Kemak language in that there are archaic features such as personal prefixes in verbs. Idalaka is one of 15 recognized national languages of East Timor.

References

↑ Idaté reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Lakalei reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

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