Dialects

Renhard Saupia, Tue, 2022-03-08 02:47

Regarding:

Dialects

State

Closed

ISO 639-3:

dkk

Even though the area in which Dakka is spoken is tiny, the language has four dialects: Dakka-Pelitakan, Limboro, Lengngo, and Tonrolima. We only surveyed the first one.
Dakka-Pelitakan and Limboro are the prestige dialects.
Limboro is very close to Dakka-Pelitakan.
The people speaking Dakka-Pelitakan find the Lengngo dialect difficult to understand.

Editorial Action

We will add the 4 dialect names for Dakka [dkk] in Indonesia, for inclusion in the next edition of the Ethnologue.

Comments

Chuck Fennig, Fri, 2022-03-11 16:49

Dear Renhard,

Thank you for this good information on the dialect names for Dakka [dkk] in Indonesia.

Best regards,

Chuck Fennig
Managing Editor, Ethnologue