Dela-Oenale language

Dela-Oenale
Western Rote
Native toIndonesia
RegionRote Island
Native speakers
7,000 (2002)[1]
Dialects
  • Dela (Delha)
  • Oenale (Oe Nale)
Language codes
ISO 639-3row
Glottologdela1251
ELPDela-Oenale

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.

  1. ^ Dela-Oenale at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)