Makasae language

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The Makasae language is a Papuan language spoken primarily in the eastern part of Timor-Leste by the Makasae people.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Papuan language
language
alternateName Macassai
Makasae-Makalero NERFINISHED
Makassai NERFINISHED
classificationStatus Papuan language of Timor
continent Asia
country Timor-Leste NERFINISHED
countryOfficialLanguageAlongside Tetum language NERFINISHED
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Makasae people NERFINISHED
glottologName Makasae NERFINISHED
hasCaseMarking postpositional
hasDialects Baucau Makasae NERFINISHED
Lautém Makasae NERFINISHED
Viqueque Makasae NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode maka1316
hasLinguisticArea Timor–Alor–Pantar sprachbund NERFINISHED
hasLoanwordsFrom Indonesian language
Portuguese language NERFINISHED
Tetum language NERFINISHED
hasNumeralSystem decimal
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
simple consonant inventory
hasStressPattern word-final stress (tendency)
hasSVOOrder true
isEndangered true
iso639-3Code mkz
languageFamily Timor–Alor–Pantar languages NERFINISHED
Trans–New Guinea languages NERFINISHED
morphologicalType agglutinative
name Makasae NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguage Fataluku language NERFINISHED
Makalero language NERFINISHED
Tetum language NERFINISHED
primaryStatusInCountry regional language in Timor-Leste
region Baucau municipality NERFINISHED
Lautém municipality NERFINISHED
Viqueque municipality NERFINISHED
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenBy Makasae people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Timor-Leste NERFINISHED
eastern Timor-Leste
usedFor daily communication
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Timorese people usesLanguage Makasae language