Amarasi | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | West Timor |
Native speakers | 70,000 (2011)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | aaz |
Glottolog | amar1273 |
ELP | Amarasi |
Amarasi is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of West Timor, and is spoken by the Amarasi. The Amarasi language has about 80,000 native speakers, with four main dialects called Ro'is, Kotos, Tais Nonof, and Ketun, though many differences exist between individual villages.[2] Speakers are interspersed with those of Helong.