Native speakers 7,000 (2002) | ISO 639-3 row | |
Language family AustronesianMalayo-Polynesian (MP)Nuclear MP(Central–Eastern)Timor–BabarWest TimorRoteDengka – Dela OenaleDela-Oenale Dialects Dela (Delha)Oenale (Oe Nale) | ||
Dela–Oenale (Western Rote, Delha, Oe Nale, Rote, Rote Barat, Roti) is an Austronesian language of Indonesia. Western Rote is a member of the Timor-Babar branch of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken in west coast of Rote Island near Timor by about 7,000 people.
Alphabet
Western Rote language has all 26 English letters (Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz), glottal stop, 5 diphthongs (gh, kh, mb, nd, ng, sy) and triphthong (ngg).
gh (replaced by g), kh (k), q (k), sy, v (f), x, and z (s) are only used in loanwaords and foreign names.
References
Dela-Oenale language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA