Adabe language

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Adabe
Spoken in: Atauro Island, East Timor
Total speakers: 1,000 (as of 1981)
Language family: Trans-New Guinea
 West
  West Timor-Alor-Pantar
   Adabe
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: paa
ISO 639-3: adb

Adabe is a Papuan language spoken by the Adabe people on Atauro Island, East Timor. It has also been known as Ataura/Atauru/Atauro and Raklu-Un or Raklu Un.

[edit] References

  • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). "Adabe", Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. 


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