Uab Meto language
{{Short description|Austronesian language spoken in West Timor}}
{{Redirect|aoz|other uses|AOZ (disambiguation){{!}}AOZ}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Uab Meto
| nativename = {{lang|aoz|Uab Metô}}
| states = Indonesia, East Timor
| region = West Timor, Oecusse
| speakers = {{sigfig|772000|1}}
| date = 2009–2011
| ref = e18
| familycolor = Austronesian
| fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian
| fam3 = Central–Eastern?
| fam4 = Central?
| fam5 = Timoric
| fam6 = Rote–Meto
| fam7 = West Rote–Meto
| fam8 = Meto–Amarasi
| minority = East Timor
| lc1 = aoz
| ld1 = Uab Meto
| lc2 = bkx
| ld2 = Baikeno
| glotto = uabm1237
| glottorefname = Uab Meto
| ELP2 = 7229
| ELPname2 = Baikeno
| map = Metos cluster according to Edwards (2020).pdf
| mapcaption = Map of the Meto language cluster according to Edwards (2020)
}}
Uab Meto or Dawan is an Austronesian language spoken by Atoni people of West Timor. The language has a variant spoken in the East Timorese exclave of Oecussi-Ambeno, called Baikenu. Baikenu uses words derived from Portuguese, for example, {{lang|pt|obrigadu}} for 'thank you', instead of the Indonesian {{lang|id|terima kasih}}.{{Cite web |title=Dawan (Uab Meto) |url=https://omniglot.com/writing/dawan.php |website=omniglot.com}}
Phonology
Dawan has the following consonants and vowels:{{harvp|Tarno|Wakidi|S.J. Mboeik|P. Sawardo|S. Kusharyanto|1992}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Consonant sounds ! colspan="2" | ! Labial ! Alveolar ! Velar ! Glottal |
| rowspan="2" |Plosive
!voiceless |{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|t}} |{{IPA link|k}} |{{IPA link|ʔ}} |
|---|
| voiced
|{{IPA link|b}} | | | |
| colspan="2" | Nasal
| width="20px" style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA link|m}} | width="20px" style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA link|n}} | width="20px" style="border-right: 0;" | | |
| colspan="2" | Fricative
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA link|f}} | style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA link|s}} | style="border-right: 0;" | |{{IPA link|h}} |
| colspan="2" |Lateral
| |{{IPA link|l}} | | |
Voiceless plosives {{IPA|[p t k]}} can have unreleased allophones {{IPA|[p̚ t̚ k̚]}} in word-final position. A phonemic {{IPA|/r/}} can be heard in place of {{IPA|/l/}} among dialects.{{Harvp|Edwards|2016|pages=71-72}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ Vowel sounds ! ! Front ! Back | |
| High
| align="center" |{{IPA link|i}} || align="center" |{{IPA link|u}} | |
|---|---|
| rowspan="2" | Mid
| align="center" |{{IPA link|e}} || align="center" |{{IPA link|o}} | |
| align="center" |{{IPA link|ɛ}} | align="center" |{{IPA link|ɔ}} |
| Low
| colspan="2" align="center" |{{IPA link|a}} |
Vocabulary
A wordlist of 200 basic vocabulary items is available at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database,{{Cite web |title=Uab Meto Wordlist |url=https://abvd.shh.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=42 |website=Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database}} with data provided by Robert Blust and from Edwards (2016).{{harvp|Edwards|2016|pages=79–85}}
| class="wikitable"
|+Basic Uab Meto vocabulary !Uab Meto !English | |
| {{lang|aoz|Pah}} (polite), {{lang|aoz|Tua}} (polite), {{lang|aoz|Hao}} (normal), {{lang|aoz|He’}} (informal), {{lang|aoz|Ya}} (normal) | Yes |
| {{lang|aoz|Kaha’}}, {{lang|aoz|Kahfa’}} | No |
| {{lang|aoz|Nek seun banit}} (in West Timor) | Thank you |
| {{lang|bkx|Obrigadu}} (in East Timor) | Thank you |
| {{lang|aoz|Nek seunbanit namfau/´naek’}}, {{lang|aoz|Terimakasih ‘nanaek}} (in West Timor) | Thank you very much |
| {{lang|bkx|Obrigadu namfau’}} (in East Timor) | Thank you very much |
| {{lang|aoz|Sama-sama}}, {{lang|aoz|leko}}, {{lang|aoz|naleok}} | You are welcome |
| {{lang|aoz|Neu’}} | Please |
| {{lang|aoz|Maaf}}, {{lang|bkx|permisi}}, {{lang|bkx|parmis}} | Excuse me |
| {{lang|aoz|Halo}}, {{lang|aoz|Tabe}} | Hello |
| {{lang|aoz|Tkoenok tem pa´}} | Welcome, please come in |
| {{lang|aoz|Tkoenok pa´}} (to say good bye to one who leaves) | Good bye |
| {{lang|aoz|Selamat tinggal}} (said to one staying) | Good bye |
| {{lang|aoz|Selamat Jalan}} (said to one leaving) | Good bye |
Numbers
| class="wikitable"
|+Numbers !Uab Meto !English | |
| {{lang|aoz|Nol}}, {{lang|aoz|Luman}} | Zero |
| {{lang|aoz|Mese'}} | One |
| {{lang|aoz|Nua}} | Two |
| {{lang|aoz|Teun}} | Three |
| {{lang|aoz|Haa}} | Four |
| {{lang|aoz|Niim}} | Five |
| {{lang|aoz|Nee}} | Six |
| {{lang|aoz|Hiut}} | Seven |
| {{lang|aoz|Faun}}, {{lang|aoz|Faon}} | Eight |
| {{lang|aoz|Sio}} | Nine |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'-}}, {{lang|aoz|Bo'es}} | Ten |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'es-am-mese'}} | Eleven |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'es-am-nua}} | Twelve |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'es-am-teun}} | Thirteen |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'es-am-haa}} | Fourteen |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'es-am-niim}} | Fifteen |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'es-am-nee}} | Sixteen |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'es-am-hiut}} | Seventeen |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'es-am-faun}} | Eighteen |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'es-am-sio}} | Nineteen |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'nua}} | Twenty |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'nua-m-mese'}} | Twenty-one |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'teun}} | Thirty |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'haa}} | Forty |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'niim}} | Fifty |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'nee}} | Sixty |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'hiut}} | Seventy |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'faun}} | Eighty |
| {{lang|aoz|Bo'sio}} | Ninety |
| {{lang|aoz|Natun mese'}}, {{lang|aoz|Nautnes}} | One hundred |
| {{lang|aoz|Nifun mese'}}, {{lang|aoz|Niufnes}} | One thousand |
| {{lang|aoz|Juta mese'}}, {{lang|aoz|Juta es}}, {{lang|aoz|Juutes}} | One million |
See also
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References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
{{refbegin}}
- {{Cite journal |last=Edwards |first=Owen |date=2016 |title=Parallel Sound Correspondences in Uab Meto |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=52–86 |doi=10.1353/ol.2016.0008 |via=Australian National University |hdl-access=free |hdl=1885/108661}}
- {{Cite journal |last=Middelkoop |first=P. |date=1950 |title=Proeve van een Timorese Grammatica |trans-title=A Trial Timorese Grammar |journal=Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde |language=nl |volume=106 |issue=3 |pages=375–517 |doi=10.1163/22134379-90002474 |doi-access=free}}
- {{Cite book |last=Tarno |url=http://repositori.kemdikbud.go.id/id/eprint/3695 |title=Tata Bahasa Dawan |last2=Wakidi |last3=S.J. Mboeik |last4=P. Sawardo |last5=S. Kusharyanto |date=1992 |publisher=Pusal Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa |isbn=979-459-206-4 |location=Jakarta |language=id |trans-title=Dawan Grammar |via=Repositori Institusi Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan}}
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080718235754/http://www.geocities.com/jeanmanhitu/Uab_Meto.html Uab Meto Site]
- [http://uabmeto.blogspot.com/ Uab Meto Resources]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110727133227/http://ntt-academia.org/files/Dawan-English-Bahasa-Manhitu01.pdf Indonesian – English – Uab Meto Dictionary]
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