Mambai language (Timor)

Not to be confused with Mambai language (Cameroon), Mambaí, or Mumbai.
Mambai
RegionEast Timor
Native speakers
130,000 (2010 census)[1]
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3mgm
Glottologmamb1306
ELPMambae
Distribution of Mambai mother-tongue speakers in East Timor
An illustration of Tetum language (left), Mambai language (center) and Portuguese language (right) being compared to one another.

Mambai, also called Mambae or Manbae, is a language spoken by the Mambai people, the second largest ethnic group in the island country of East Timor.

  1. ^ Mambai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)