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Uab Meto | |
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Uab Metô | |
Native to | Indonesia, East Timor |
Region | West Timor, Oecusse |
Native speakers | 800,000 (2009–2011)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:aoz – Uab Metobkx – Baikeno |
Glottolog | uabm1237 |
ELP | Uab Meto |
Baikeno[2] |
Uab Meto or Dawan is an Austronesian language spoken by Atoni people of West Timor. The language has a variant spoken in the East Timorese exclave of Oecussi-Ambeno, called Baikenu. Baikenu uses words derived from Portuguese, for example, obrigadu for "thank you", instead of the Indonesian terima kasih.[4]
Phonology
Phonology of the Dawan language:[5]
Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ |
voiced | b | ||||
Nasal | m | n | |||
Fricative | f | s | h | ||
Lateral | l |
Voiceless plosives [p t k] can have unreleased allophones [p̚ t̚ k̚] in word-finals.
Front | Back | |
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High | i | u |
Mid | e | o |
ɛ | ɔ | |
Low | a |
Vocabulary
A wordlist of 200 basic vocabulary items is available at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database,[6] with data provided by Robert Blust and from Edwards (2016).[7]
Uab Meto | English |
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Pah (polite), Tua (polite), Hao (normal), He’ (informal), Ya (normal) | Yes |
Kaha’, Kahfa’ | No |
nek seun banit (in West Timor) | Thank you |
Obrigadu (in East Timor) | Thank you |
nek seunbanit namfau/´naek’, Terimakasih ‘nanaek (in West Timor) | Thank you very much |
Obrigadu namfau’ (in East Timor) | Thank you very much |
Sama-sama, leko, naleok | You are welcome |
Neu’ | Please |
Maaf, permisi, parmis | Excuse me |
Halo, Tabe | Hello |
Tkoenok pa´(to say good bye to one who leaves) | Good bye |
Selamat tinggal (said to one staying) | Good bye |
Selamat Jalan (said to one leaving) | Good bye |
Numbers
Uab Meto | English |
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Nol, Luman | Zero |
Mese' | One |
Nua | Two |
Teun | Three |
Haa | Four |
Niim | Five |
Nee | Six |
Hiut | Seven |
Faun, Faon | Eight |
Sio | Nine |
Bo'-, Bo'es | Ten |
Bo'es-am-mese' | Eleven |
Bo'es-am-nua | Twelve |
Bo'es-am-teun | Thirteen |
Bo'es-am-haa | Fourteen |
Bo'es-am-niim | Fifteen |
Bo'es-am-nee | Sixteen |
Bo'es-am-hiut | Seventeen |
Bo'es-am-faun | Eighteen |
Bo'es-am-sio | Nineteen |
Bo'nua | Twenty |
Bo'nua-m-mese' | Twenty-one |
Bo'teun | Thirty |
Bo'haa | Forty |
Bo'niim | Fifty |
Bo'nee | Sixty |
Bo'hiut | Seventy |
Bo'faun | Eighty |
Bo'sio | Ninety |
Natun mese', Nautnes | One hundred |
Nifun mese', Niufnes | One thousand |
Juta mese', Juta es, Juutes | One million |
See also
References
- ^ Uab Meto at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Baikeno at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Baikeno.
- ^ Edwards O (2020). Metathesis and unmetathesis in Amarasi (pdf). Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3700413. ISBN 978-3-96110-223-5.
- ^ "Dawan (Uab Meto)". omniglot.com.
- ^ Tata Bahasa Dawan. Tarno, Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. 1992.
- ^ "Uab Meto Wordlist". Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database.
- ^ Edwards (2016), pp. 79–85
Further reading
- Edwards, Owen (2016). "Parallel Sound Correspondences in Uab Meto". Oceanic Linguistics. 55 (1): 52–86. doi:10.1353/ol.2016.0008. hdl:1885/108661 – via Australian National University.