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Fataluku (also known as Dagaga, Dagoda', Dagada) is a Papuan language spoken by approximately 37,000 people of Fataluku ethnicity in the eastern areas of East Timor, especially around Lospalos. It is a member of the Timor-Alor-Pantar language family, which includes languages spoken both in East Timor and nearby regions of Indonesia.[2] Fataluku's closest relative is Oirata,[3] spoken on Kisar island, in the Moluccas of Indonesia.[4] Fataluku is given the status of a national language under the constitution. Speakers of Fataluku normally have a command of Tetum and/or Indonesian.[5]

Fataluku
Region	Eastern East Timor
Native speakers	37,000 (2010 census)[1] regional usage
Language family	Trans–New Guinea ? West Bomberai ? Timor–Alor–Pantar Eastern Timor Oirata–Fataluku Fataluku–Rusenu Fataluku
Official status
Recognised minority language in	East Timor
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ddg
Glottolog	fata1247
Distribution of Fataluku in East Timor

It has a considerable amount of Austronesian loanwords, and it has borrowed elements of Sanskrit and Arabic vocabulary via Malay.[3]

Phonology

Vowels

Fataluku vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i /i/		u /u/
Mid	e /e/		o /o/
Open		a /a/

Consonants

Fataluku consonants

		Bilabial	Labiodental	Coronal	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasals		m /m/		n /n/
Plosive		p /p/		t /t/		k /k/	' /ʔ/
Affricates	voiceless			c /t͡s/²	c /t͡ʃ/¹ ²
	voiced				j /d͡ʒ/
Fricatives	voiceless		f /f/	s /s/			h /h/
	voiced	v /β/²	v /v/²	z /z/
Flap			v /ⱱ/²	r /ɾ/
Lateral				l /l/
Semivowel		v /w/²			y /j/

• ¹ Spelled <tj> in Nácher orthography.
• ² Pronunciation of <v> and <c> varies in dialects.

Words and phrases

In the examples below, the letter 'c' and the letter combination 'tx' are pronounced as the 'ch' in the English word 'church'.

Rau ana kapare? / e nicha rau rau / maice ana umpe? "how are you?"
Rau "good"
Kapare "not good"
Hó "yes"
Xaparau "thank you"
Tali even xaparau "thank you very much"
nitawane "you're welcome"
Favoruni "please"
itu nae tini "excuse me"
Ó lai'i "hello"
mua toto, ia toto,purupale " take care"
Kois ta niat ali fanuhene "see you later"

Pronoun						                Possessive pronoun 						
I   :		Aniri/Ana					My: Ahani			
You :		Eri (singular), Iri (plural)			Your:  Eheni(sing), Eheniere (plur) 
We  :		Iniri (excl), Afiri (inclusive) 		Our: Inihini (exc), Afihini: (incl) 
They : 		Tawari, Márafuri				Their: Their Tavarhini, Marafurhini
He/She :	Tavai, marí, mármocoi				His/Her: Tavahini, Marmokoihini
It :		Iví						Its: Ivihini, Tavahini

See also

• Rusenu language
• Languages of East Timor

Notes

References

External links

• Fataluku Language Project
• Fataluku language website
• Fataluku community and language with Fataluku/English and English/Fataluku wordlists
• Fataluku wordlist at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database
• Materials on Fataluku are included in the open access Arthur Capell collection. (AC2) held by Paradisec.
• Songs in Fataluku are included in the Ros Dunlop collection held by Paradisec.
• The UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archives Program collection of Fataluku Language and Culture

На других языках

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[de] Fataluku (Sprache)

Fataluku (Fatalukunu, Fataluco, Dagaga, Dagoda, Dagada) ist eine Papuasprache, die von den etwa 38.000 Angehörigen der Ethnie der Fataluku in der Gemeinde Lautém, im äußersten Osten von Osttimor gesprochen wird. Ein Dialekt des Fataluku, Oirata, wird in zwei Dörfern gesprochen, im Süden der kleinen indonesischen Insel Kisar, die nordöstlich von Timor liegt. Auch auf nördlich von Timor gelegenen Insel Liran (Lirang) wird Fataluku gesprochen. Die Bezeichnung „Fataluku“ setzt sich zusammen aus „fata“ (klar, direkt) und „luku“ (Rede). In älteren, meist portugiesischen Quellen wird die Bezeichnung Dagada verwendet, doch ist sie als Eigenbezeichnung nicht üblich. Möglicherweise ist es eine Fremdbezeichnung, die die Makasae in Baucau verwendeten.[2]

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- [en] Fataluku language

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[es] Idioma fataluco

El fataluco es una de las "lenguas regionales" de Timor Oriental, hablada por cerca de 30 000 personas en el distrito de Lautem. El fataluco es una lengua de origen papú. El topónimo Lospalos de la Punta Este de Timor viene de la palabra lohoasupala (de la lengua fataluca y no del español Los Palos como creen erróneamente algunos escritores). El fataluco está estrechamente emparentado con el oirata (maaro).

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[fr] Fataluku

Le fataluku est une langue papoue parlée au Timor oriental, dans l'est du pays.

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[ru] Фаталуку (язык)

Фаталуку (также известен как: дагага, дагода, дагада) — папуанский язык, на котором говорит приблизительно 30 000 человек народа фаталуку в восточных районах Восточного Тимора, главным образом, вблизи города Лоспалос. Обычно относится к трансновогвинейской группе папуасских языков. Согласно конституции страны, имеет статус национального языка.

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