Kemak

A language of East Timor

ISO 639-3

kem

Alternate Names

Ema

Population

62,000 in East Timor (2010 census). Population total all countries: 72,000.

Location

North central Timor island border between East Timor and West Timor, mostly east. Also in Indonesia.

Language Maps

Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara and Southwestern Maluku

East Timor

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

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

Dialects

Kemak, Nogo (Nogo-Nogo). Most closely related to Mambae [mgm] and Tukudede [tkd].

Typology

SVO

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Kemak

Writing

Latin script.

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.