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ABOUT ME & MY LANGUAGE


Your first name
Lucas   
Your last name Serrao Lopes
Preferred name(s) of your language Tokodede
Alternative names Tukude, Tukudede, Tokodé, Tocod
Language classification Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Timor, Nuclear Timor, East
Geographic areas where spoken Regions of Maubara and Liquisa from the banks of the Lois River to Dili.
Approximate number of monolingual speakers none
Approximate number of fluent speakers ~55,000
Other languages spoken in area/country Portuguese, Indonesian,  Tetun,  Tokodede,  Mambae
Do the representatives of neighboring ethnic groups learn to speak your language? No
Does you language have a widely accepted writing system? No, there is no standard orthography, though people can write using the orthography of other languages.
If you answered yes, what materials are written? none
1 Iso
2 Ru
3 Telo
4 Pat
5 Lim
6 Wouniso, Houniso
7 Wou ru/ hou ru
8 Wou telo / Hou telu
9 Wou pat /Hou pat
10 Sagulu




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