Explore: Bunak (papuan People)

Proto-Timor-Papuan language, from which all the Papuan languages of Timor originate, had been postulated. The present area of the Bunak people is the result

The Bunak language (also known as Bunaq, Buna', Bunake, pronounced [bunaʔ]) is the language of the Bunak people of the mountainous region of central Timor

related to some western Papuan languages, but are not themselves covered by the term Papuan. The most widely used classification of Papuan languages is that

Constitution of Timor-Leste, as do other indigenous languages, including: Bekais, Bunak, Galoli, Habun, Idalaka, Kawaimina, Kemak, Lovaia, Makalero, Makasae, Mambai

Bobonaro speaks the Malayo-Polynesian languages Bekais and Kemak and Papuan language Bunak, which are designated "national languages" by the constitution.

related Papuan languages spoken on islands of the Alor archipelago near Timor in southern Indonesia. They may be most closely related to the Papuan languages

with the Bunak word zili (transl. 'cliff'), a reference to the escarpment behind the city; he comments that a Papuan language, of which Bunak is an example

categorised as Papuan languages. Uab Meto, the language of the Atoin Meto, belongs to the West Austronesian languages, as do Tetum and Kemak, while Bunak is categorised

that appears to be a heavily Papuan-influenced Austronesian language. The fourth Papuan language spoken in East Timor, Bunak, is more distantly related

The demonstratives in Papuan Malay also have long and short forms, as illustrated in Table 2. The following examples show how Papuan Malay’s two demonstratives