Dela-Oenale language explained

Dela-Oenale
Nativename:Western Rote
States:Indonesia
Region:Rote Island
Speakers:7,000
Date:2002
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Central–Eastern
Fam4:Timor–Babar
Fam5:Rote–Meto
Fam6:Nuclear Rote
Iso3:row
Glotto:dela1251
Glottorefname:Dela-Oenale
Dia1:Dela (Delha)
Dia2: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), the glottal stop, 5 digraphs (gh, kh, mb, nd, ng, sy) and a trigraph (ngg).

gh (replaced by g), kh (k), q (k), sy, v (f), x, and z (s) are only used in loanwords and foreign names.

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