Makasae language

E657466

The Makasae language is a Papuan language spoken primarily in the eastern part of Timor-Leste by the Makasae people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Makasae language canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Papuan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Macassai ⓘ
Makasae-Makalero ⓘ
Makassai ⓘ
classificationStatus Papuan language of Timor ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Timor-Leste ⓘ
countryOfficialLanguageAlongside Tetum language ⓘ
linked to: Tetum
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicGroup Makasae people ⓘ
glottologName Makasae ⓘ
hasCaseMarking postpositional ⓘ
hasDialects Baucau Makasae ⓘ
linked to: Baucau District

Lautém Makasae ⓘ
linked to: Lautém

Viqueque Makasae ⓘ
linked to: Viqueque
hasGlottocode maka1316 ⓘ
hasLinguisticArea Timor–Alor–Pantar sprachbund ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Indonesian language ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
Tetum language ⓘ
linked to: Tetum
hasNumeralSystem decimal ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
simple consonant inventory ⓘ
hasStressPattern word-final stress (tendency) ⓘ
hasSVOOrder true ⓘ
isEndangered true ⓘ
iso639-3Code mkz ⓘ
languageFamily Timor–Alor–Pantar languages ⓘ
Trans–New Guinea languages ⓘ
morphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
name Makasae ⓘ
neighboringLanguage Fataluku language ⓘ
Makalero language ⓘ
Tetum language ⓘ
linked to: Tetum
primaryStatusInCountry regional language in Timor-Leste ⓘ
region Baucau municipality ⓘ
linked to: Baucau District

Lautém municipality ⓘ
Viqueque municipality ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
spokenBy Makasae people ⓘ
spokenIn Timor-Leste ⓘ
eastern Timor-Leste ⓘ
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Timorese people → usesLanguage → Makasae language ⓘ
Fataluku language → hasNeighborLanguage → Makasae language ⓘ
Bunak language → neighboringLanguage → Makasae language ⓘ
Makasae people → primaryLanguage → Makasae language ⓘ