Makuva has been heavily influenced by neighboring East Timorese Papuan languages, to the extent that it was long thought to be a Papuan language. The ethnic population was 50 in 1981, but the younger generation uses Fataluku as their first or second language. A 2003 report estimated that there were only five fluent speakers of the language.[4]
makuva, language, makua, languages, mozambique, makua, languages, makuva, also, known, maku, lóvaia, apparently, extinct, austronesian, language, spoken, northeast, east, timor, near, town, tutuala, makuvamaku, lóvaianative, toeast, timornative, speakersextinc. For Makua languages of Mozambique see Makua languages Makuva also known as Maku a or Lovaia 3 is an apparently extinct Austronesian language spoken at the northeast tip of East Timor near the town of Tutuala MakuvaMaku a LovaiaNative toEast TimorNative speakersextinct since 1950s 1 to 56 2010 census 2 Language familyAustronesian Malayo PolynesianCentral EasternTimor BabarLuangic Kisaric MakuvaOfficial statusRecognised minoritylanguage inEast TimorLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code lva class extiw title iso639 3 lva lva a Glottologmaku1277ELPMaku aDistribution of Makuva speakers in East TimorMakuva has been heavily influenced by neighboring East Timorese Papuan languages to the extent that it was long thought to be a Papuan language The ethnic population was 50 in 1981 but the younger generation uses Fataluku as their first or second language A 2003 report estimated that there were only five fluent speakers of the language 4 Numbers EditNumbers in MakuvaNumber Makuva1 itetla2 urua3 okelo4 o aka5 olima6 oneme7 oiko8 oava9 osia10 ideliReferences Edit Noorderlicht Noorderlicht Nieuws Raadselachtig Rusenu Makuva at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required van Engelenhoven Aone 2010 The Makuva Enigma Locating a Hidden Language in East Timor PDF Revue Roumaine de linguistique 80 161 181 John Hajek Nikolaus Himmelmann John Bowden 2003 Lovaia an East Timorese language on the verge of extinction International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2003 160 doi 10 1515 IJSL 2003 016 ISSN 0165 2516 Wikidata Q57377305 External links EditELAR archive of Maku a language documentation materials This Austronesian languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Makuva language amp oldid 1101055642, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
