Amarasi language

Amarasi
Native toIndonesia
RegionWest Timor
Native speakers
70,000 (2011)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3aaz
Glottologamar1273
ELPAmarasi

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.

  1. ^ Amarasi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Edwards, Owen (2016-04-01). "Amarasi". Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 46 (1): 113–125. doi:10.1017/S0025100315000377. ISSN 1475-3502.