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    Kairui-Midiki (also known simply as Midiki or Kairui, or Hoso by its speakers) is a language of East Timor spoken by 18,600 people in 2015, primarily in...
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    abbreviation of the names) is a cluster of four languages and dialects of East Timor:Kairui, Midiki, Waimaha, and Naueti, spoken by one or two thousand...
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    Fataluku Galoli Habun Idalaka Idaté Isní Kairui Kemak Lakalei Lolein Makalero Makasae Makuva Mambai Midiki Nanaek Naueti Rahesuk Raklungu Resuk Sa'ane...
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    Nineveh Governorate (category Articles containing Kairui-Midiki-language text)
    Yazidism, Shabakism, and Mandaeism. The primary spoken language is Arabic. Minority languages include Turkmen, Neo-Aramaic dialects, Kurdish (predominantly...
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  • Tii) Central: Tetun, Bekais, Habu North: Wetar, Galoli East: Kairui, Waimaha, Midiki, Naueti Timoric B ("Ramelaic", near the Ramelau range) West: Kemak...
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    Waimoa proper is reported to be mutually intelligible with neighboring Kairui and Midiki, which together have about 5,000 speakers. The classification of Waimoa...
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    Atauran is an Austronesian language spoken on Atauro island and in Manatuto Municipality, East Timor. It is closely related to Wetarese and Galoli. Atauran...
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    living in Baguia. It is closely related to Waima'a, Kairui and Midiki, three other Austronesian languages spoken on Timor. The Australian linguist Geoffrey...
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  • Teor and Kur are two Austronesian language varieties of the Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian branch spoken near Kei Island, Indonesia. They are reportedly...
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  • An endangered language is a language that is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native...
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    Portuguese: 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...
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    Kemak is a language spoken in East Timor and in the border region of Indonesian West Timor. An alternate name is Ema. It is most closely related to Tocodede...
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  • Onin or Onim is a dialect of Sekar Onim language, an Austronesian language of the Onin Peninsula in Bomberai, West Papua. Despite the small number of speakers...
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  • Timor–Alor–Pantar languages have been in considerable contact with these Austronesian languages: Kawaimina languages (Kairui, Waima’a, Midiki, Naueti) Kisar–Luangic...
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    Timor-Leste (category CS1 Portuguese-language sources (pt))
    Idaté, Kairui-Midiki, Kemak, Lakalei, Makasae, Makuv'a, Mambae, Nauete, Tukudede, and Waima'a. According to the Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger...
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    Habu (Habun) is a language spoken in central East Timor. The classification of Habu is unclear. Structurally, it is Malayo-Polynesian. However, its vocabulary...
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  • Kola is one of the Aru languages, spoken in the northernmost part of the Aru Islands, mainly on Kola Island and in the northern and western part of Wokam...
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  • (also spelled Palue and Paluqe; native name Luʼa) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Paluʼe Island, Indonesia. Paluʼe at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)...
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    languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken in the Lesser Sunda Islands. It includes Meto spoken on Timor and the languages of...
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  • Fordata (Vai Fordata, Vai Tnebar) is an Austronesian language spoken in the Tanimbar Islands of the Moluccas. It is closely related to Kei, and more distantly...
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    exhibit many similarities with Galoli. Idalaka also resembles the Kemak language in that there are archaic features such as personal prefixes in verbs,...
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  • Sepa-Teluti is an Austronesian language of Seram Island in eastern Indonesia. Sepa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Teluti (Sou Nama)...
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    The Hawu language (Hawu: Lii Hawu) is the language of the Savu people of Savu Island in Indonesia and of Raijua Island off the western tip of Savu. Hawu...
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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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    dialect. Their language, also known as Galoli, is one of the Timor–Babar group of Austronesian languages. It is one of the national languages designated by...
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  • Manombai (also known as Wokam) is one of the Aru languages, spoken by inhabitants of the Aru Islands, Indonesia. Manombai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)...
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  • dialects, is an Austronesian language of Ambon Island in the Maluku Islands. Phonemes in parentheses are borrowed from other languages. /i e a/ are heard as...
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  • Buru or Buruese (Buru: li fuk Buru) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Central Maluku branch. In 1991 it was spoken by approximately 45,000 Buru people...
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  • Rembong is a language of central Flores, in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. Rembong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Schmidt...
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  • Wetarese is an Austronesian language of Wetar, an island in the south Maluku, Indonesia, and of the nearby island Liran. The four identified principal...
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