Ema

E809218

Ema is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in East Timor, also known as the Kemak language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Kemak language
alternativeName Ema NERFINISHED
Kemak NERFINISHED
Kemak language NERFINISHED
belongsToMacroArea Papunesia
country Timor-Leste NERFINISHED
documentedIn Austronesian language descriptions of Timor
hasContactWith Indonesian language
Portuguese language NERFINISHED
Tetum language NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode kema1248
hasGlottologName Kemak NERFINISHED
hasISO639-3Code kem
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative
hasMorphologicalFeature affixation for tense-aspect-mood
pronominal clitics
hasNeighborLanguage Bunak language NERFINISHED
Mambai language NERFINISHED
Tokodede language NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasal consonants
five-vowel system (typical Austronesian)
hasSociolinguisticSituation bilingualism with Indonesian
bilingualism with Tetum
hasStatusInCountry local language (not official)
hasWordOrder SVO
isDistinctFrom Galoli language NERFINISHED
Mambai language NERFINISHED
Tetum language
Tokodede language NERFINISHED
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable
isMinorityLanguageIn East Timor NERFINISHED
isRecognizedBy linguistic surveys of East Timor
languageBranch Timoric languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
primaryRegion Bobonaro District NERFINISHED
Ermera District NERFINISHED
Liquiçá District NERFINISHED
region East Timor NERFINISHED
spokenIn East Timor NERFINISHED
Timor island NERFINISHED
usedByEthnicGroup Kemak people NERFINISHED
usedForOralTradition folklore and traditional narratives
usedInDomain home and community communication
traditional ceremonies
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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