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ALSO KNOWN AS		Atoni, Meto, Uab Atoni Pah Meto, Uab Pah Meto, Timor, Timorese, Timol, Timoreesch, Timoreezen, Dawan (pejorative), Timor Dawan, Rawan, Orang Gunung
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Timor
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		aoz
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Biboki-Insana Amfoan-Fatule'u-Amabi Amanuban-Amanatun Kusa-Manlea Mollo-Miomafo
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Information from: “Personal Communication on Rikou” . Kaufman, Daniel (2012)

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
700,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2009

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Uab Meto is used mainly in domestic settings. The language is not used for ritual, commerce, education, or government.

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

There is much dialect variation within Uab Meto, with ethnological and linguistic differences in nearly every valley, and levels of unintelligibility that lead to Indonesian being used for communication between speakers from different areas (including adjacent valleys, in some cases).

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
586,000 ( Grimes, Therik, Grimes, and Jacob 1997)
Native speakers worldwide

			Glottolog				http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/		"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.								-9.77, 124.14
July 21		2012	Personal Communication on Rikou					Kaufman, Daniel	Kaufman, Daniel. Personal Communication on Rikou. July 21, 2012.		700,000	2009	100000	There is much dialect variation within Uab Meto, with ethnological and linguistic differences in nearly every valley, and levels of unintelligibility that lead to Indonesian being used for communication between speakers from different areas (including adjacent valleys, in some cases).	At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Uab Meto is used mainly in domestic settings. The language is not used for ritual, commerce, education, or government.
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	586,000 ( Grimes, Therik, Grimes, and Jacob 1997)		100000		At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Uab Meto

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At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

700,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

586,000 ( Grimes, Therik, Grimes, and Jacob 1997)

Discussion

Uab Meto

Language metadata

Language information by source

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

700,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

586,000 ( Grimes, Therik, Grimes, and Jacob 1997)

Discussion

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