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Galoli language

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Native to
  
Native speakers
  
11,000 (2010 census)

ISO 639-3
  
gal

Region
  
Manatuto District

Dialects
  
Talur

Galoli language

Language family
  
AustronesianMalayo-Polynesian (MP)Nuclear MP(Central–Eastern)Timor–BabarWetar–GaloliGaloli

The Galoli, or Galolen, are a people of East Timor with a population of about 50,000, primarily along the northern coast of the district of Manatuto. To the west lies the Mambai people. There is an old colony on the southern coast of Wetar island, the Talo, who speak the Talur dialect.

Their language, also known as Galoli, is one of the Timor–Babar group of Austronesian languages. It is one of the national languages designated by the constitution of East Timor. Because the area was used as a trading center for different cultures, there are a large number of foreign loan words in the vocabulary, principally from Moluccan and Malay languages. Although it is not spoken by as many people as other national languages, it was adopted by the Roman Catholic Church in the district of Manatuto and thus has become fixed in grammars and dictionaries.

References

Galoli language Wikipedia


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