Mambai used to be spoken in the area around Dili, when the Portuguese declared the city to be the capital of their colony Portuguese Timor. Therefore, the Tetum Prasa spoken in Dili is still exhibiting strong influences from its Mambai substrate.[2]
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^Hull, Geoffrey (2001). Mambai Language Manual (Ainaro dialect). Dili: Sebastião Aparício da Silva Project.
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Not to be confused with Mambai language Cameroon Mambai or Mumbai Mambai also called Mambae or Manbae is a language spoken by the Mambai people the second largest ethnic group in the island country of East Timor MambaiRegionEast TimorNative speakers130 000 2010 census 1 Language familyAustronesian Malayo PolynesianCentral EasternTimoricRamelaicMambaiOfficial statusRecognised minoritylanguage inEast TimorLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code mgm class extiw title iso639 3 mgm mgm a Glottologmamb1306ELPMambaeDistribution of Mambai mother tongue speakers in East Timor An illustration of Tetum language left Mambai language center and Portuguese language right being compared to one another Contents 1 Geographic distribution 2 Phonology 2 1 Consonants 2 2 Vowels 3 Dialects 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksGeographic distribution editMambai is one of 15 constitutionally recognized national languages The main centers of Mambai are Ermera Aileu Remexio Turiscai Maubisse Administrative Post Ainaro Administrative Post and Same Administrative Post The majority of the Timorese community in Australia is native in Mambai Mambai used to be spoken in the area around Dili when the Portuguese declared the city to be the capital of their colony Portuguese Timor Therefore the Tetum Prasa spoken in Dili is still exhibiting strong influences from its Mambai substrate 2 Phonology editConsonants edit Labial Alveolar Velar Glottal Nasal m n Plosive voiceless p t k voiced b d ɡ Fricative f s h Trill r Approximant l r h k can also be heard as ɾ ħ ʔ p k can also be heard as aspirated pʰ kʰ d is also heard as a voiced post alveolar stop d t is slightly aspirated tʰ before mid and low vowels t can also have an allophone ts when preceding high vowels 3 The plosives p b t d k are unreleased p b t d k in word final position 4 Vowels edit Front Central Back Close i u Close mid e o Open mid ɛ ɔ Open a i u can also have shortened allophones ɪ ʊ 5 6 Diphthongs Front Central Close ai au Mid ei ae aoDialects editMambae can be divided into three dialects according to Fogaca 2017 7 82 Northwest Liquica Bazartete Ermera Hatulia Ermera Railaco Northeast Central Aileu Laulara Aileu Vila Grupo Aileu Liquidoe Ainaro Hatu Builico South Ainaro Hato Udo Manufahi Same Letefoho Manufahi Same Betano Examples of dialectal variation in Mambae 7 Numerals Numeral Northeast Central Northwest South 1 iid iid iid 2 ruu ruu ruu 3 teul teul teul 4 faat paat faat paat 5 liim liim liim 6 neen hohon iid liim nai ida 7 hitu hohon ruu liim nai rua 8 ualu hoho teul liim nai telu 9 sia hoho paat liim nai fata pata 10 saguul sakuul saguul 20 rua nuul guul ruu saguul haet rua 30 teul nuul guul teul saguul haet teul 40 faat nuul guul paat saguul haet faat paat 50 lima nuul guul liim saguul haet liim Pronouns Pronoun Northeast Central Northwest South 1 SG au au au 2 SG iit iit iit 3 SG ua ua ura 1 PL inclusive iit iit iit 1 PL exclusive aem aem aem 2 PL iim iim iim 3 PL roo roo room Lexicon Gloss Northeast Central Northwest South house pada fada uum short bloko pada bada wet broe tita era dirty kiniri rae foer many doto klen rini lie fib bea rau halaet eat mua muu aa banana muka mua muu Comparison of selected body part words in Mambae dialects 7 gloss Liquica Bazartete Ermera Hatulia Ermera Railaco Aileu Laulara Aileu Vila Grupo Aileu Liquidoe Ainaro Hatu Builico Ainaro Hato Udo Manufahi Same Letefoho Manufahi Same Betano mouth gugun gugun gugun kukun kukun kukun kukun kuku kuku kuku arm liman liman liman niman niman lima liman lima lima lima elbow lima sikun liman sikun siun nima siun nima siun lima siun lima siun lima sikun lima siku lima siku shoulder kabaːs kabasan kabasan kabaːs kabasa kabasa kabaːs labaːs kabaːs au balaːs head gnutan glutan ulun ulun ulun ulun glutan ulu ulu hatu ulu headache gnutan baːn glutan baːn glutan baːn ulun baːn ulun baːn glutan baːn glutan baːn ulu hatusae ulu hatusae ulu hatusae hair ulu nɔɾan ulu laun ulun ulun lahon ulu nɔɾa ulun noran ulun ulu ulu ulu noɾa black hair ulu meta ulu meta ulu meta ulun meta ulu nɔɾa mɛta ulun meta ulun meta ulu meta ulu mɛta ulu laha meta flesh human ɛta lɔlon etan etan etan ɛtan etan ɛtan eta lɔlo ɛta lɔlo eta lolo heart hua huan huan huan huan huan huan hua hua hua back hɔhon tɛten hoho teten hɔhon hoho tɛten hɔhon hoho tɛten asa hɔho hɔhɔ tɛte hoho tooth nipan nipan nipan nifan nifan nifan nifan nipa nifa nifa finger lima huan lima huan lima huan nima huan lima huan lima kakun lima huan lima hua lima hua lima hua liver aten aten aten aten aten aten aten ate ate ate tongue lamalaun lamalaun lamalau lamalaun laman lamalaun lamelaun lama lama lama hand liman liman liman niman niman liman liman lima lima sanak lima nose ilu ilun ilun inun inun ilun inun ilu ilu ilu eye matan matan matan matan matan matan matan mata mata mata ear teliga tligan tliga kikan kika nɔɾan tika noɾan kikan teliga teliga teliga bone rui ruin ruin ruin ruin ruin ruin rui rui rui foot ɔen oen ɔen ɔɛn ɔɛn ɔɛn ɔɛn oe ɔɛ oɛ skin litan eta litan litan litan litan litan litan tia tia eta tia leg ɔen oen ɔen ɔɛn ɔɛn ɔɛn ɔɛn oe ɔɛ oɛ neck tgeun tgeun tgeun tgeun tgeun kdeun tgeu tegeu tegeu blood laɾa laɾa laɾa laɾan laɾa lalan laɾan laːr lara laːrReferences edit Mambai at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Hull Geoffrey 24 August 2004 The Languages of East Timor Some Basic facts Instituto Nacional de Linguistica Archived from the original on 16 July 2006 Hull Geoffrey 2003 Southern Mambai Instituto Nacional de Linguistica of the Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa e Fogaca 2013 I Nengah Sukarnyana I Made Denes I Wayan Sudiartha Ni Wayan Sudiati 1997 Struktur Bahasa Mambai Mambai Language Structure in Indonesian Jakarta Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa ISBN 979 459 777 5 via repositori kemdikbud go id Hull Geoffrey 2001 Mambai Language Manual Ainaro dialect Dili Sebastiao Aparicio da Silva Project a b c Fogaca 2017 Further reading editGeoffrey Hull Celestino de Araujo and Benjamim de Araujo e Corte Real Mambai Language Manual Ainaro dialect Sebastiao Aparicio da Silva Project 2001 Alexandra Y Aikhenvald and Robert M W Dixon eds Grammars in contact a cross linguistic typology Oxford University Press 2006 Chapter 6 Fogaca Helem Andressa de Oliveira 2013 Estudo fonetico e fonologico do mambae de Same uma lingua de Timor Leste PDF Master s thesis in Portuguese Universidade de Brasilia Fogaca Helem Andressa de Oliveira 2017 O ecossistema fundamental da lingua Mambae aspectos endoecologicos e exoecologicos de uma lingua austronesia de Timor Leste Doctoral thesis in Portuguese Universidade de Brasilia External links editJohn 8 1 11 in Mambai Kaipuleohone s materials include Robert Blust s written notes on Mambai Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mambai language Timor amp oldid 1135716399, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
