Fataluku is member of the Timor-Alor-Pantar branch of the Trans-New-Guinea language family. It is spoken by about 37,000 people in eastern East Timor, particularly around the city of Lospalos (Lospala) in the Lautém Municipality. There are also some speakers of Fataluku in Dili, the capital of East Timor.
Fataluku is Dagaga, Dagoda' or Dagada. Dialects include East Fataluku, South Fataluku, Central Fataluku, North Fataluku and Northwest Fataluku. It is closely related to Oirata, which is spoken on Kisar Island in the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia.
There are several ways to write Fataluku with the Latin alphabet. There is no standard orthography.
Download an alphabet chart for Fataluku (Excel)
C is written tj or tx in other spelling systems.
Halo toos neʼe hamulak hanesan neʼe. Buat ida halo toos neʼe ita hamulak tuir abón ida, abón rua ohin. Tanba rai neʼe kan, abón rua neʼe maka... iha rai neʼe. Ah! Neʼeduni ita tenke koʼalia temi ba sira naʼin-rua. Temi ba sira naʼin-rua duni. Isin ho bee. Neʼe husu! Ita husu isin ho bee. Hanesan bee neʼe mós hanesan... Bee neʼe naʼin mak Pu-Rita neʼe. Tanba bee neʼe ami... ami-nia avó-feto ida Pu-Rita neʼe maka... ami fó nia maka bee hodi mai neʼe.
Source: Léxico Fataluco-Português
In order to cultivate in the gardens it is necessary to pray invoking the grandparents, the two grandparents previously mentioned. Because in this land, it was the two grandparents... who were in this land. Ah! Therefore, it is necessary to speak invoking the names of the two. It is necessary to invoke them both certainly. Matter and water. This is a request! One asks for matter and water. The water is like... it is Pu-Rita who is the custodian of the water. Because this water... we... was our ancestress woman Pu-Rita... who we gave so that the water could come.
Information about Fataluku
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fataluku_language
https://www.lddjournal.org/article/id/1011/
http://ldtc.ydns.eu:8888/languages/fataluku/
https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/z1f20r89
Abui, Bunak Fataluku, Makalero
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 24.07.24. Last modified: 01.06.25
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