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(Redirected from Tukudede language) Austronesian language spoken in East Timor ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Tokodede
RegionEast Timor
Native speakers40,000 (2010 census)
Language familyAustronesian
Dialects
  • Keha (Keia)
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
East Timor
Language codes
ISO 639-3tkd
Glottologtuku1254
Distribution of Tokodede mother-tongue speakers in East Timor

Tokodede (also known as Tukude, Tocodede, Tokodé, and Tocod) is one of the languages of East Timor, spoken by about 39,000 people in the municipality of Liquiçá, especially the administrative posts of Maubara and Liquiçá along the northern reaches of the Loes River system. The number of speakers has declined in recent years. It is a Malayo-Polynesian language in the Timor group.

The first significant text published in Tokodede was Peneer meselo laa Literatura kidia-laa Timór, translated by João Paulo T. Esperança, Fernanda Correia, and Cesaltina Campos from an article by João Paulo T. Esperança entitled "A Brief Look at the Literature of Timor". The Tokodede version was published in the literary supplement Várzea de Letras, published by the Department of Portuguese Language of the National University of Timor-Leste, in Dili, in December 2005.

References

  1. Tokodede at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

External links

Central Malayo–Polynesian
Aru
Central Maluku *
West
East
Nunusaku
Piru Bay ?
Flores–Lembata
Lamaholot
Kei–Tanimbar ?
Sumba–Flores
Sumba–Hawu
Savu
Sumba
Western Flores
Timoric *
Babar
Central Timor *
Kawaimina
Luangic–Kisaric ?
Rote–Meto
TNS
Wetar–Galoli ?
Others
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  • ? indicates classification dispute
  • † indicates extinct status
Languages of East Timor
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