| Kemak | |
|---|---|
| Region | East Timor |
Native speakers | 72,000 (2010 census)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kem |
| Glottolog | kema1243 |
| ELP | Kemak[2] |
) Distribution of Kemak mother-tongue speakers in East Timor | |
Kemak is a language spoken in East Timor and in the border region of Indonesian West Timor. An alternate name is Ema. It is most closely related to Tocodede and Mambai. It has the status of one of the national languages in the East Timor constitution, besides the official languages of Portuguese and Tetum. The number of speakers has fallen in recent years.
References
- ^ Kemak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Kemak.
External links
- Kaipuleohone's collection of Robert Blust's materials include notes on Kemak