Nauete
A language of East Timor
| Population | 1,000 (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Ethnic population: 1,000. |
| Region | South coast, east tip of Timor Island, west of Tiomar. Uato Lari is main town. |
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East Timor |
| Alternate names | Naóti, Naueti, Nauhete, Nauote, Nauoti |
| Dialects | Naumik, Oso Moko. Not closely related to any other language. Many loanwords from Trans-New Guinea languages like Makasae [mkz]. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Timor, Extra-Ramelaic, East |
| Language use | Vigorous. |
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