Endangered Languages Project - Dela-Oenale

Dela-Oenale

^{[aka Rote, Roti, Rotinese]}

Classification: Austronesian

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Rote, Roti, Rotinese, Rote Barat, Western Rote, Delha, Oe Nale, Rotti, Dela
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Timor
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		row
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Oenale Dela
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(2002 UKAW)

DATE OF INFO: 2002

DOMAINS OF USE

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"Vigorous. All domains. All ages."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Indonesian [ind]

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Nusa Tenggara Timur Province; Rote island west coast, Dela and Oe Nale domains."

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Significant linguistic blockages to intelligibility among 'dialects', and attitudes which hinder acceptance of other 'dialects', but social factors favor considering them one. Phonological variations between dialects include /nd - d - r - l/ and /k - ? - zero/."

DATE OF INFO: 1997

DOMAINS OF USE
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Speakers from different dialects often communicate via Malay."

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Rote Island southwest of Timor and on adjacent Timor Island around Kupang Bay and eastern Semau Island."

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