The Papuan languages on the islands of Timor, Alor, Pantar and Kisar have typically been
supposed to be related to one another. Based on their geographical proximity, this …

Makasae is a non-Austronesian/Papuan language spoken by a population of some 70,000
in the newly independent state of East Timor. Because of its long history of occupation and …

This thesis constitutes a grammatical analysis of the north-eastern variety of Makasae, a
largely undocumented language spoken in the district of Laga in East Timor. With some …

Documentary and descriptive work on Timor-Alor-Pantar (TAP) languages has proceeded at
a rapid pace in the last 15 years. The publication of the volumes of TAP sketches by Pacific …

Makalero and Makasae are spoken in the eastern part of East Timor. According to the 2010
population census of East Timor's Direcção Nacional de Estatística, Makasae (ISO 639-3 …

Abstract The Timor-Alor-Pantar (TAP) language family has a special place in South-East
Asian linguistics; its members make up the western extreme of the Papuan language …

The Papuan languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar are a small family comprising around 30
languages spoken by around 300,000 people in south-eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste …

Timor-Leste is a new, independent, sovereign nation. It is a country, that for very long
periods, has gone through wars, political conflicts and hardships. The Timorese, and the …