Dengka
A language of Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara)
| Population | 20,000 (2002 UKAW). Ethnic population: 20,000. |
| Region | Rote Island northwest, Dengka and Lelain domains, east of Dela-Oenale [row], west of Lole (Ba’a). |
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Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara and Southwestern Maluku |
| Alternate names | Rote, Rote Barat, Roti, Rotinese, Western Rote |
| Dialects | Western Dengka, Eastern Dengka, Lelain. Western Dengka dialect has marked intonation; some occurrences of ‘ngg’ in Eastern Dengka dialect become ‘nd’ in Western Dengka. Some vocabulary of Western Dengka is like Dhao [nfa]. Dengka and Dela-Oenale [row] are more divergent from other languages on Rote. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Timor, Extra-Ramelaic, West |
| Language use | Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Also use Kupang Indonesian [ind]. |
| Language development | Bible portions: 2004. |
| Comments | Christian, traditional religion. |
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