Idaté

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A language of East Timor

ISO 639-3
idt
User Population

16,600 (2020 World Factbook).

Location

Aileu district: southeast; Manatuto district: Laclubar mountains; Manufahi district: north.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Timor-Babar, Nuclear Timor
Dialects

None known. Reportedly most similar to Lakalei [lka] and Galolen [gal].

Language Use

Most also use Tetun Dili [tdt] (Williams-van Klinken et al 2002).

Language Development

Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Idaté
Writing

Latin script [Latn].