Bekais language

      Bekais
      Native to Indonesia, East Timor
      Native speakers 2,000  (ca. 2006)[1]
      Language family
      Austronesian
      Language codes
      ISO 639-3 None (mis)

      Bekais is a language on the border of East and West Timor that is closely related to Tetun.[2]

      References

      1. ^ Cunningham, Ingram, & Sumbuk, 2006. Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment And Survival, p. 122
      2. ^ Hull, Geoffrey. 1998. "The basic lexical affinities of Timor's Austronesian languages: a preliminary investigation." Studies in Languages and Cultures of East Timor 1:97-202.
      Last modified on 24 February 2013, at 08:20