Habun language

Habu
Region East Timor
Native speakers
 2,700  (2010)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 hbu
Glottolog habu1241[2]

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Distribution of Habun mother-tongue speakers in East Timor

Habu (Habun) is a language spoken in central East Timor.

The classification of Habu is unclear. Structurally, it is Malayo-Polynesian. However, its vocabulary is largely Papuan, similar to that of Makasae.

References

  1. ↑ Habu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Habu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.