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Dhao

A language of Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara)

ISO 639-3: nfa

Population	5,000 (1997 A. Ranoh).
Region	Island of Ndao, scattered on Rote, and Timor.
Language map	Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara and Southwestern Maluku
Alternate names	Dao, Ndao, Ndaonese, Ndaundau
Dialects	Related to Sabu [hvn]. Difficult phonology.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Bima-Sumba
Language development	Bible portions: 2000–2004.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	‘Dhao’ is how they refer to themselves. ‘Ndao’ is how their Rote neighbors refer to them. Silversmiths. Men leave the island for long periods of seasonal work; women well known weavers of traditional cloth. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

GRIMES, Charles E., author. 2006. "Hawu and Dhao in eastern Indonesia: revisiting their relationship."  

GRIMES, Charles E., author. 2009. Documenting incipient obsolescence: a multi-pronged approach to Dhao, eastern Indonesia.  

GRIMES, Charles E., author. 2010. "Hawu and Dhao in eastern Indonesia: revisiting their relationship."