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Makuva
Makuʼa, Lóvaia
Native to	East Timor
Native speakers	extinct since 1950s to 56 (2010 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Timor–Babar Luangic–Kisaric? Makuva
Official status
Recognised minority language in	East Timor
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lva
Glottolog	maku1277
ELP	Maku'a
Distribution of ethnic Makuva in East Timor

Makuva, also known as Makuʼa or Lóvaia, is an apparently extinct Austronesian language spoken at the northeast tip of East Timor near the town of Tutuala.

Makuva has been heavily influenced by neighboring East Timorese Papuan languages, to the extent that it was long thought to be a Papuan language. The ethnic population was 50 in 1981, but the younger generation uses Fataluku as their first or second language. A 2003 report estimated that there were only five fluent speakers of the language.

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References

1. Noorderlicht Noorderlicht Nieuws: Raadselachtig Rusenu
2. Makuva at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
3. van Engelenhoven, Aone (2010). "The Makuva Enigma: Locating a Hidden Language in East Timor" (PDF). Revue Roumaine de linguistique. 80: 161–181.
4. John Hajek; Nikolaus Himmelmann; John Bowden (2003). "Lóvaia: an East Timorese language on the verge of extinction". International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 2003 (160). doi:10.1515/IJSL.2003.016. ISSN 0165-2516. Wikidata Q57377305.

External links

• ELAR archive of Makuʼa language documentation materials

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