Mambai

E647646

Mambai is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in East Timor, where it is one of the country’s major indigenous languages.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mambai canonical 11
Central Mambai 1
North Mambai 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Timor–Babar language ⓘ
alternativeName Mambae ⓘ
Mambae (Timor) ⓘ
Mambay ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Kemak ⓘ
Tokodede ⓘ
Tukudede ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country East Timor ⓘ
linked to: Timor-Leste
ethnicGroup Mambai people ⓘ
geographicDistribution central highlands of East Timor ⓘ
glottologCode mamb1293 ⓘ
glottologName Mambae ⓘ
hasDialects Central Mambai ⓘ
linked to: Mambai

North Mambai ⓘ
linked to: Mambai

South Mambai ⓘ
linked to: Mambai
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Indonesian ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese language

Tetum ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType moderately agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (in some analyses) ⓘ
prenasalized stops ⓘ
iso639-3 mgm ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Timor–Babar languages ⓘ
languageOf Mambai culture ⓘ
majorIndigenousLanguageOf East Timor ⓘ
linked to: Timor-Leste
officialStatus recognized national language of East Timor ⓘ
region Aileu municipality ⓘ
Ainaro municipality ⓘ
linked to: Ainaro Municipality

Dili municipality (rural areas) ⓘ
linked to: Dili Municipality

Liquiçá municipality ⓘ
Manufahi municipality ⓘ
spokenBy hundreds of thousands of speakers ⓘ
spokenIn East Timor ⓘ
linked to: Timor-Leste
statusInConstitution national language of East Timor ⓘ
subclassOf Timoric language ⓘ
usedAlongside Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) ⓘ
linked to: Indonesian

Portuguese ⓘ
Tetum ⓘ
usedFor local administration (in some areas) ⓘ
local radio broadcasting (in East Timor) ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
wordOrder SVO (subject–verb–object) ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mambae → hasAlternativeName → Mambai ⓘ
Mambai → hasDialects → North Mambai ⓘ
linked to: Mambai
Mambai → hasDialects → South Mambai ⓘ
linked to: Mambai
Mambai → hasDialects → Central Mambai ⓘ
linked to: Mambai
Kemak → neighboringLanguages → Mambai ⓘ
Kaloli → hasNeighborLanguage → Mambai ⓘ
Fataluku → isDistinctFrom → Mambai ⓘ