Tocodede language

Spoken in

  • Austronesian
  • Malayo - Polynesian languages
  • Central Malayo -Polynesian
  • Timor- Flores
  • Timor
  • Ramelaische languages
  • Tokodede

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Tokodede ( Tocodede, Tukude, Tokodé, Tocod ) is a Malayo - Polynesian language branch of the Timor, which is spoken by the Tokodede. As one of the Ramelaischen languages ​​they had a stronger influence of Papuan and Malay ambonesischen. As a mother tongue they give 39 483 ( census 2010) people in East Timor. Their centers are located in the district Liquiçá to the villages Maubara, Vatoboro, Liquiçá and Bazartete. Tokodede is one of the 15 national languages ​​recognized by the Constitution of East Timor.

A closely related languages ​​is Kemak. As this has Tokodede Papua and Moluccan elements in their vocabulary. The latter shared with Galoli and dialects of Wetar. These influences come from ambonesischen traders who came in the 15th century in the region of today's Dili and her Creole Malay brought. Tokodede was fully creolized. Unlike Kemak Tokodede but has a simple isolated word formation, similar to the Mambai.

Tokodede used quinäres a number system based on the number five.

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