Uab Meto language

Uab Meto
Uab Metô
Native to Indonesia, East Timor
Region West Timor, Oecusse
Native speakers
 800,000 (2009–2011)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
aoz – Uab Meto
bkx – Baikeno
Glottolog oecu1234[2]

Uab Meto is an Austronesian language spoken by Atoni people of West Timor. The language has a variant spoken in the East Timorese exclave of Oecussi-Ambeno, called Baikenu. Baikenu uses words derived from Portuguese, for example, obrigadu for "thank you", instead of the Indonesian terima kasih.[3]

A wordlist of 200 basic vocabulary items is available at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database.[4]

Vocabulary

Basic Uab Meto vocabulary
Uab Meto English
Pah (polite), Tua (polite), Hao (normal), He’ (informal), Ya (normal) Yes
Kaha’, Kahfa’ No
nek seun banit (in West Timor) Thank you
Obrigadu (in East Timor) Thank you
nek seunbanit namfau/´naek’, Terimakasih ‘nanaek (in West Timor) Thank you very much
Obrigadu namfau’ (in East Timor) Thank you very much
Sama-sama, leko, naleok You are welcome
Neu’ Please
Maaf, permisi, parmis Excuse me
Halo, Tabe Hello
Tkoenok pa´(to say good bye to sb who leaves) Good bye
Selamat tinggal (said to sb staying) Good bye
Selamat Jalan (said to sb leaving) Good bye

Numbers

Numbers
Uab Meto English
Nol, Luman Zero
Mese' One
Nua Two
Teun Three
Haa Four
Niim Five
Nee Six
Hiut Seven
Faun, Faon Eight
Sio Nine
Bo'-, Bo'es Ten
Bo'es-am-mese' Eleven
Bo'es-am-nua Twelve
Bo'es-am-teun Thirteen
Bo'es-am-haa Fourteen
Bo'es-am-niim Fifteen
Bo'es-am-nee Sixteen
Bo'es-am-hiut Seventeen
Bo'es-am-faun Eighteen
Bo'es-am-sio Nineteen
Bo'nua Twenty
Bo'nua-m-mese' Twenty-one
Bo'teun Thirty
Bo'haa Forty
Bo'niim Fifty
Bo'nee Sixty
Bo'hiut Seventy
Bo'faun Eighty
Bo'sio Ninety
Natun mese', Nautnes One hundred
Nifun mese', Niufnes One thousand
Juta mese', Juta es, Juutes One million

See also

References

  1. ↑ Uab Meto at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Baikeno at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Oe-Cusse". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ Dawan (Uab Meto)
  4. ↑ Uab Meto Wordlist at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database

External links

Uab Meto language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
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