Uab Meto
A language of Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara)
| Population | 586,000 ( Grimes, Therik, Grimes, and Jacob 1997). |
| Region | Western Timor Island. |
| Language map |
Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara and Southwestern Maluku |
| Alternate names | Atoni, “Dawan” , Meto, Orang Gunung, “Rawan” , Timol, Timor, “Timor Dawan” , Timoreesch, Timoreezen, Timorese, Uab Atoni Pah Meto, Uab Pah Meto |
| Dialects | Amfoan-Fatule’u-Amabi (Amfoan, Amfuang, Fatule’u, Amabi), Amanuban-Amanatun (Amanuban, Amanubang, Amanatun), Mollo-Miomafo (Mollo, Miomafo), Biboki-Insana (Biboki, Insanao), Kusa-Manlea (Kusa, Manlea). Much dialect variation. Ethnological and linguistic differences in nearly every valley. Similar to Amarasi [aaz]. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Timor, Extra-Ramelaic, West |
| Language development | Bible: 2000. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Called ‘Atoni’. Christian. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
STEINHAUER, Hein, author. 1993. "Notes on verbs in Dawanese (Timor)."
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