Dela–Oenale language

{{Infobox language

|name=Dela-Oenale

|nativename=Western Rote

|states=Indonesia

|region=Rote Island

|speakers=7,000

|date=2002

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Central–Eastern

|fam4=Timor–Babar

|fam5=Rote–Meto

|fam6=Nuclear Rote

|iso3=row

|glotto=dela1251

|glottorefname=Dela-Oenale

|dia1=Dela (Delha)

|dia2=Oenale (Oe Nale)

}}

Dela–Oenale (Western Rote, Delha, Oe Nale, Rote, Rote Barat, Roti) is an Austronesian language of Indonesia. Western Rote is a member of the Timor-Babar branch of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken in west coast of Rote Island near Timor by about 7,000 people.

Alphabet

Western Rote language has all 26 English letters (Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz), the glottal stop, 5 digraphs (gh, kh, mb, nd, ng, sy) and a trigraph (ngg).

gh (replaced by g), kh (k), q (k), sy, v (f), x, and z (s) are only used in loanwords and foreign names.

References

External links

[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/westernrote.htm Alphabet and pronunciation]

Category:Timor–Babar languages

Category:Languages of Indonesia