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Fataluku language

Fataluku
Region Eastern East Timor
Native speakers
37,000 (2010 census)
regional usage
Trans–New Guinea (TNG)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog fata1247
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Distribution of Fataluku in East Timor

Fataluku (also known as Dagaga, Dagoda', Dagada) is a Papuan language spoken by approximately 30,000 people of Fataluku ethnicity in the eastern areas of East Timor, especially around Lospalos and a dialect of it, Oirata, is spoken in Kisar, Moluccas in Indonesia. It is a Papuan language, perhaps in the Trans–New Guinea family. It is given the status of a national language under the constitution.

The letter 'c' and the letter combination 'tx' are pronounced as 'ch'.



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