Fataluku
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- Language: Fataluku
- Alternate names:: Dagada, Dagaga, Dagoda’
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:ddg
- Language family: Trans-New Guinea, West, Timor-Alor-Pantar, Timor
- Number of speakers: 37,000
- Script:
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Introduction
Fataluku is a language of Timor-Leste. It is spoken in Timor island east tip, Los Palos area. .
Dialects
May be related to Oirata (See: Oirata) on nearby Kisar Island. Significant dialect variation. May be several languages.
The Fataluku Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | isake |
to breathe | náʔe |
to burn | alahu ceve |
to buy | tapule |
to chew | tia |
to come | maʔu |
to cook | aʔa-paʔi |
to count | ekehe |
to cry | arure |
to die, be dead | umu |
to dream | ufarana |
to drink | nava, una |
to eat | mace |
to fall | aracane |
to fear | mahane, paura |
to fly | ipile |
to hear | vari |
to hold | loise |
to hunt | sapu, soro |
to kill | uca |
to know, be knowledgeable | navare |
to laugh | kele |
to live, be alive | lauhe |
to plant | utuʔe |
to say | taʔa |
to see | aci, haʔa, toto |
to sew | oʔote |
to sit | ícuare, ímire |
to sleep | taja |
to sniff, smell | amuhoru |
to spit | caha, fulume, mate |
to stand | ínehere, inate |
to steal | oʔose |
to suck | itimese |
to swim | palise |
to think | eceremu |
to throw | numu-liliene |
to tie up, fasten | isile |
to turn | nakaile |
to walk | laʔa |
to vomit | iʔise |
to work | sirivesi |
to yawn | áemu |