| Dela-Oenale | |
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| Western Rote | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Rote Island |
Native speakers | 7,000 (2002)[1] |
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| ISO 639-3 | row |
| Glottolog | dela1251 |
| ELP | Dela-Oenale |
Dela–Oenale (Western Rote, Delha, Oe Nale, Rote, Rote Barat, Roti) is anAustronesian language of Indonesia. Western Rote is a member of theTimor-Babar branch ofMalayo-Polynesian languages spoken in west coast ofRote Island nearTimor by about 7,000 people.
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, 5digraphs (gh, kh, mb, nd, ng, sy) anda 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.
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