Makalero dialect
Spoken in
- Papuan Trans - New Guinea languages Timor- Alor - pantar Alor - pantar - Makasai Makalero
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Paa
Mkz ( Makasae )
Makalero ( Macalero, Maklere ) is a Papuan language and ethnicity in East Timor. It is traditionally spoken only in the sub-district Iliomar (District loud ) of 7,500 people. A larger group Makaleros lives in the district capital Lospalos ( in Sawarica and Natura ) and in the national capital, Dili ( about 260, mainly in Becora ). Overall Makalero is the mother tongue ( 2010) for 7,802 East Timorese. She is one of 15 recognized in the constitution national languages of East Timor.
Ethnicity
A great role in the society of Makalero in Iliomar plays Fulidai -dai, which can be compared with a cultural system of neighborhood support. Fulidai -dai, at its core, promotes enhanced cooperation, mutual aid and voluntary contributions. Its main purpose is instead to promote for the benefit of an individual individuals to take action to contribute to the benefit of the community. The principles are solidarity, collectivity, sharing and mutual aid. To be jointly won farmland, planted, harvested, built houses or prepared festivities. Misbehavior is treated with the tradition of Tarabandu ( Tara Bandu ). For example, insulted a villager during a ceremony representatives of the government. The culprit donated meat and the local palm wine for a Tarabandu ceremony with the elders and local dignitaries from all over the district loud, including the Catholic priest. While the ceremony was spoken about the offense and about the importance of forgiveness. The name of the wrongdoer Nobody ever called because the entire village had accepted responsibility for the misconduct of individuals.
Stand-alone language or dialect?
From the Constitution of East Timor Makalero is listed as its own national language, on an equal footing with the other major language groups in the country. Makalero is linguistically between its neighbors Papua Fataluku and Makasae, which is very similar to the Makasae. Note the large similarities in the vocabulary. Gammatikalisch but there are clearly differences, whereby Makalero has not undergone some changes in Makasae. To a certain degree an understanding between Makalero and Makasae is possible. In Ethnologue Makalero is even seen as a dialect of Makasae and even Makalero spokesman call their language a dialect of Makasae.