Uab Meto Language

Uab Meto Language

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.

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

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