Kemak is a
language spoken in East Timor and in the border region of
Indonesian
West Timor. An alternate name is Ema. It is most closely related to
Tocodede
Tokodede (also known as Tukude, Tocodede, Tokodé, and Tocod) is one of the languages of East Timor, spoken by about 39,000 people in the municipality of Liquiçá, especially the administrative posts of Maubara and Liquiçá along the northern ...
and
Mambai. It has the status of one of the national languages in the East Timor constitution, besides the official languages of
Portuguese and
Tetum. The number of speakers has fallen in recent years.
References
External links
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Kaipuleohone's collection of
Robert Blust's materials include
notes on Kemak
Timor–Babar languages
Languages of East Timor
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