Makuva language

Makuva, also known as Maku'a or Lóvaia,[4] is an apparently extinct Austronesian language spoken at the northeast tip of East Timor near the town of Tutuala.

Makuva
Maku'a, Lóvaia
Native toEast Timor
Native speakers
extinct since 1950s[1] to 56 (2010 census)[2]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3lva
Glottologmaku1277[3]
Distribution of Makuva speakers in East Timor

Makuva has been heavily influenced by neighboring East Timorese Papuan languages, to the extent that it was long thought to be a Papuan language. The ethnic population was 50 in 1981, but the younger generation uses Fataluku as their first or second language.

References

  1. Noorderlicht Noorderlicht Nieuws: Raadselachtig Rusenu
  2. Makuva at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Maku'a". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. van Engelenhoven, Aone (2010). "The Makuva Enigma: Locating a Hidden Language in East Timor". Revue Roumaine de linguistique. 80: 161–181.
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