Galoli

E809224

Galoli is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in East Timor, particularly along the northern coast and in the Manatuto region.

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Label Occurrences
Galoli canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
language
coexistsWith Indonesian
Portuguese
Tetum NERFINISHED
continent Asia
country East Timor NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Galoli people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Galolen NERFINISHED
Galoli (East Timor) NERFINISHED
Galoli-Talur NERFINISHED
hasApproximateSpeakers tens of thousands of speakers
hasDomain home and community domains
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable (variously classified)
hasGlottocode galo1247
hasGlottologName Galoli NERFINISHED
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Indonesian NERFINISHED
Portuguese NERFINISHED
Tetum NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative morphology (Austronesian-type)
hasNeighboringLanguage Mambai NERFINISHED
Tetum NERFINISHED
Tokodede NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported)
hasStatus minority language in East Timor
hasWordOrder SVO (subject–verb–object)
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
ISO639-3Code gal
isPartOf Timoric languages
isRecognizedIn linguistic surveys of East Timor
isRelatedTo Idalaka languages NERFINISHED
Mambai language NERFINISHED
Tokodede language NERFINISHED
isSpokenAlong north coast of Timor island
isSpokenBy communities east of Dili
communities in coastal Manatuto
languageFamily Austronesian languages
primaryRegion Manatuto region NERFINISHED
northern coast of East Timor
region Baucau District NERFINISHED
Dili District NERFINISHED
Manatuto District NERFINISHED
spokenIn East Timor NERFINISHED
Timor-Leste NERFINISHED
spokenOn Timor island NERFINISHED
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
usedFor daily communication
local trade

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