Mambai, also called Mambae or Manbae, is a language spoken by the Mambai people, the second largest ethnic group in the island country of East Timor. Mambai...
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Timor-Leste, as do other indigenous languages, including: Bekais, Bunak, Galoli, Habun, Idalaka, Kawaimina, Kemak, Lovaia, Makalero, Makasae, Mambai,...
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The Mambai (Mambae, Manbae) people are the second largest ethnic group after the Tetum Dili people in East Timor. Originally, they were known as the Maubere...
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Mambai may refer to: Mambai people, a people group also known as Mambae, Manbae or Maubere from Timor-Leste Mambai language (Timor), the language spoken...
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Mambai may be: Mambai language (Cameroon) Mambai language (Timor) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mambai language. If...
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Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half...
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Tétum [ˈtɛtũ]) is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Timor. It is one of the official languages of Timor-Leste and it is also spoken in Belu...
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The national flag of Timor-Leste (bandeira nacional de Timor-Leste) consists of a red field with the black isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side...
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east. Within the group, the languages with the most speakers are Uab Meto of West Timor, Indonesia and Tetum of East Timor, each with about half a million...
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Bunak Fataluku language Makalero Makasae Mambai Tetum language Tocodede Waimoa language Wetarese Music of Timor-Leste Districts of Timor-Leste Aileu District...
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Lesser Sunda Islands (category CS1 Indonesian-language sources (id))
Sumba, Savu, Rote, Timor, Atauro, Alor archipelago, Barat Daya Islands, and Tanimbar Islands. Apart from the eastern half of Timor island and Atauro island...
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913 people in East Timor as native speakers of Idalaka dialects. Idalaka is one of 15 recognized national languages of East Timor. Idaté (Idate) is the...
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of East Timor with a population of about 50,000, primarily along the northern coast of the district of Manatuto. To the west lies the Mambai people. There...
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Malayo-Polynesian language in the Timor group. The first significant text published in Tokodede was Peneer meselo laa Literatura kidia-laa Timór, translated...
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Tocodede and Mambai. It has the status of one of the national languages in the East Timor constitution, besides the official languages of Portuguese...
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Bunak people (category Ethnic groups in Timor-Leste)
central Timor, split between the political boundary between West Timor, Indonesia, particularly in Lamaknen District and East Timor. Their language is one...
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Geoffrey (2002), The Languages of East Timor: Some Basic Facts (PDF), Instituto Nacional de Linguística, Universidade Nacional de Timor Lorosa'e Boarccaech...
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Maluku and the nation of East Timor (excepting the Papuan languages of Timor and nearby islands), but with the Bima language extending to the eastern half...
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Francisco Xavier do Amaral (category Mambai people)
member of the Mambai ethnic group, Amaral was a descendant of kings who ruled what is now the south-central Manufahi District of East Timor. Amaral founded...
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Termanu is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. Speakers of Korbafo and Bokai dialects are ethnically distinct. /ᵑɡ...
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Uab Meto or Dawan is an Austronesian language spoken by Atoni people of West Timor. The language has a variant spoken in the East Timorese exclave of...
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Ringgou (Rikou) is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. Ringgou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...
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Bilba (Belubaa) is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. Bilba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...
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is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of West Timor. Speakers are interspersed with those of Amarasi. This language has become endangered as a result...
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District, East Timor. It is located 47 km (29 mi) southwest of Dili, the national capital, and had a population of 2,788 in 2015. In Portuguese Timor, the city...
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Ermera (category Populated places in Timor-Leste)
(Vila Ermera) is a city in East Timor and a former capital of the East Timorese community, Ermera. Ermera in Mambai means "red water." It has a population...
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Dili Municipality (category Municipalities of Timor-Leste)
Papuan language, of which Bunak is an example, was spoken in the Dili area before the spread of the Austronesian-based Mambai and Tetum languages. Another...
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known as Bekais or Wekais) is an Austronesian language spoken on the border of East Timor and West Timor (a part of Indonesia). It is closely related to...
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Geoffrey (2002), The Languages of East Timor: Some Basic Facts (PDF), Instituto Nacional de Linguística, Universidade Nacional de Timor Lorosa'e Hinton (2000)...
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Nicolau Lobato (category Mambai people)
born in Soibada, Portuguese Timor, on 24 May 1946. Lobato was the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of East Timor from 28 November to 7 December...
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