- Wetarese language
Infobox Language
name=Wetarese
nativename=Wetar
familycolor=Austronesian
states=Indonesia
region=Southeast Asia
speakers=
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
fam3=Nuclear MP
fam4=Central-Eastern MP
fam5=Central MP
fam6=Timor-Flores
fam7=Southwest Maluku
iso2=wet
iso3=wet
|lc1=apx
ld1=Aputai
lc2=ilu
ld2=Ili'uun
lc3=wet
ld3=Parai
ll13=Parai language
lc4=ilw
ld4=Talur
lc5=tzn
ld5=TugunWetarese is the language of
Wetar , an island in the southMoluccas ,Indonesia , as well as the nearby islandsLiran andAtauro , the latter belonging toEast Timor .On Atauro, there are three dialects of Wetarese spoken, Rahesuk in the north, Resuk in the southeast, and Raklungu in the southwest. A fourth dialect, Dadu'a, is spoekn by the descendants of a group of Ataurans who moved to
Timor , in the villages of Manatuto.The language is closely related to
Galoli , spoken onTimor on the north coast near Atauro. However, Wetarese has been more influenced by Malay.External links
* [http://www.asianlang.mq.edu.au/INL/langs.html Survey of languages of East Timor]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90250 Wetarese languages at Ethnologue
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