Amarasi
A language of Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara)
| Population | 50,000 (Grimes, Therik, Grimes, Jacob 1997). Ethnic population: 60,000 (2001 C. Grimes). |
| Region | Southwest tip, Timor Island. Kotos is central and east, Ro’is is west, Ro’is Tais Nonof is south, Ro’is Hero surrounded by Helong [heg]. 24 townships. |
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Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara and Southwestern Maluku |
| Alternate names | Timor Amarasi |
| Dialects | Kotos, Ro’is, Ro’is Tais Nonof, Ro’is Hero (Kopa). Most similar to Uab Meto [aoz], but with differences in phonology, vocabulary, and discourse, with semantic shifts, structural differences, intelligibility problems. Ro’is Tais Nonof dialect has intonation like Ro’is dialect, vocabulary like Kotos dialect. There are speech differences when speaking to a king, nobility, or commoner. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Timor, Extra-Ramelaic, West |
| Language use | Some also use Indonesian [ind]. |
| Language development | Bible portions: 2002–2004. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Interspersed with Helong. Part of Atoni ethnically. Literature uses Kotos dialect. Christian. |
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