Uab Meto language

Uab Meto or Dawan is an Austronesian language cluster spoken by the Atoni people of the Indonesian region of West Timor, as well as the East Timorese municipality of Oecussi-Ambeno.

In East Timor and other Portuguese-speaking countries the language is often called Baikenu (), but more narrowly this term refers only to the variety spoken in East Timor, which is more influenced by Portuguese rather than Indonesian (for example, using for 'thank you', instead of the Indonesian ). In other languages it may also be erroneously referred to as West Timorese (with Tetum being "East Timorese") or even just Timorese, but these terms are misleading, as they ignore the linguistic diversity on both sides of the island.

Phonology Dawan has the following consonants and vowels: + Consonant sounds Labial Alveolar Velar GlottalPlosivevoicelessvoiced Nasal FricativeLateral Voiceless plosives can have unreleased allophones in word-final position. A phonemic can be heard in place of among dialects.

+ Vowel sounds Front Back High Mid Low

Vocabulary A wordlist of 200 basic vocabulary items is available at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database, with data provided by Robert Blust and from Edwards (2016).

+Basic Uab Meto vocabularyUab MetoEnglish (polite), (polite), (normal), (informal), (normal) Yes, No (in West Timor) Thank you (in East Timor) Thank you, (in West Timor) Thank you very much (in East Timor) Thank you very much, , You are welcome Please, , Excuse me, Hello Welcome, please come in (to say good bye to one who leaves) Good bye (said to one staying) Good bye (said to one leaving) Good bye

Numbers +NumbersUab MetoEnglish, Zero One Two Three Four Five Six Seven, Eight Nine, Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twenty-one Thirty Forty Fifty Sixty Seventy Eighty Ninety, One hundred, One thousand, , One million

Uab Meto language

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