Tokodede (also known as Tukude, Tocodede, Tokodé, and Tocod) is one of the languages of
East Timor
Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and ...
, spoken by about 39,000
Tokodede people in the
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
of
Liquiçá, especially the
administrative posts of
Maubara and
Liquiçá along the northern reaches of the
Loes River system. The number of speakers has declined in recent years. It is a
Malayo-Polynesian language
The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken by the Austronesian peoples outside of Taiwan, in the island nations of Southeast ...
in the
Timor group.
The first significant text published in Tokodede was , translated by
João Paulo T. Esperança,
Fernanda Correia, and
Cesaltina Campos from an article by João Paulo T. Esperança entitled "A Brief Look at the Literature of Timor". The Tokodede version was published in the literary supplement
Várzea de Letras, published by the Department of Portuguese Language of the
National University of Timor-Leste, in
Dili
Dili (Portuguese language, Portuguese and Tetum language, Tetum: ''Díli'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Timor-Leste. It lies on the northern coast of the island of Timor, in a small area of flat land hemmed in by mountai ...
, in December 2005.
References
External links
Peneer meselo laa Literatura kidia-laa Timór, the first significant text published in Tocodede
Timor–Babar languages
Languages of Timor-Leste
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