Makuva_language

Makuva language

Makuva language

Extinct Austronesian language of East Timor

For Makua languages of Mozambique, see Makua languages.

Makuva, also known as Makuʼa or Lóvaia,[3] is an apparently extinct Austronesian language spoken at the northeast tip of East Timor near the town of Tutuala.

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Makuva has been heavily influenced by neighboring East Timorese Papuan languages, to the extent that it was long thought to be a Papuan language. The ethnic population was 50 in 1981, but the younger generation uses Fataluku as their first or second language. A 2003 report estimated that there were only five fluent speakers of the language.[4]

Numbers

Numbers in Makuva
NumberMakuva
1 itetlá
2 urua
3 okelo
4 oʼaka
5 olima
6 oneme
7 oíko
8 oava
9 osia
10 ideli

References

  1. [1]
    Noorderlicht Noorderlicht Nieuws: Raadselachtig Rusenu
  2. [2]
    Makuva at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. [3]
    van Engelenhoven, Aone (2010). "The Makuva Enigma: Locating a Hidden Language in East Timor" (PDF). Revue Roumaine de linguistique. 80: 161–181.
  4. [4]
    John Hajek; Nikolaus Himmelmann; John Bowden (2003). "Lóvaia: an East Timorese language on the verge of extinction". International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 2003 (160). doi:10.1515/IJSL.2003.016. ISSN 0165-2516. Wikidata Q57377305.
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