Mambai
E647646
Mambai is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in East Timor, where it is one of the country’s major indigenous languages.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ Timor–Babar language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Mambae
NERFINISHED
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Mambae (Timor) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mambay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kemak
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tokodede NERFINISHED ⓘ Tukudede NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | East Timor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mambai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | central highlands of East Timor ⓘ |
| glottologCode | mamb1293 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Mambae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Central Mambai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Mambai NERFINISHED ⓘ South Mambai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Indonesian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ Tetum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | moderately agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (in some analyses)
ⓘ
prenasalized stops ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | mgm ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Timor–Babar languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOf | Mambai culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorIndigenousLanguageOf | East Timor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialStatus | recognized national language of East Timor ⓘ |
| region |
Aileu municipality
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ainaro municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Dili municipality (rural areas) NERFINISHED ⓘ Liquiçá municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Manufahi municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | hundreds of thousands of speakers ⓘ |
| spokenIn | East Timor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusInConstitution | national language of East Timor ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Timoric language ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ Tetum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local administration (in some areas)
ⓘ
local radio broadcasting (in East Timor) ⓘ oral communication ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO (subject–verb–object) ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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