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Uab Meto language

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Uab Meto
Uab Meto
Native toWest Timor, Indonesia
RegionSoutheast Asia
Native speakers
586,000 (1997) [1]
Official status
Official language in
Indonesia
Regulated by-
Language codes
ISO 639-2aoz
ISO 639-3aoz
ELPUab Meto

Uab Meto is an Austronesian language spoken by Atoni people on West Timor, one of Indonesian languages. The language has a variant spoken in the East Timorese-controlled area of Oecussi-Ambeno, locally referred to as Baikenu. Baikenu uses words derived from Portuguese, for example, obrigadu for "thank you", instead of the Indonesian terima kasih. [2]

A wordlist of 200 basic vocabulary items is available at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database. [3]

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See also

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  1. ^ Ethnologue: Uab Meto
  2. ^ Dawan (Uab Meto)
  3. ^ Uab Meto Wordlist at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database
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