Makalero dialect
| Makalero | |
|---|---|
| Native to | East Timor |
| Region | Timor Island, eastern end around Baucau and inland, west of Fataluku, from northern to southern coast in a dialect chain. |
| Coordinates | 8°39′S 126°30′E / 8.650°S 126.500°E |
Native speakers | 6,000 (2004) |
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Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
mjb (proposed)[1] |
| Glottolog |
makl1245[2] |
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Distribution of Makalero mother-tongue speakers in East Timor | |
Makalero or Maklere is a dialect of Makasae spoken by 6,000 people in East Timor.
Numerals
- u - One
- loloi - Two
- lolitu - Three
- lolo'e - Four
- lima - Five
- douhisi - Six
- fitu - Seven
- afo - Eight
- siwa - Nine
- ruru-u - Ten
Literature
- Juliette Huber: A grammar of Makalero - A Papuan language of East Timor, LOT Utrecht 2011
References
- ↑ ISO change request
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Maklere". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.