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The Oirata–Makasai, or East Timor, languages are a small family of Papuan languages spoken in eastern Timor and the neighboring island of Kisar. ==Languages== Mandala ''et al.'' (2011)〔Mandala, Halus; Aron Meko Mbete, Ni Made Dhanawaty and Inyo Yis Fernandez. 2011: (“Phonological Evolution of Oirata and its Genetic Relationship with Non-Austronesian Languages in Timor-Leste” ), ''Denpasar: Ejournal Universitas Udayana''.〕 found that Fataluku and Oirata are closer to each other than they are to Makasai: *Makasai (including Makalero dialect) *Oirata–Fataluku * *Fataluku (Rusenu perhaps belongs here) * *Oirata Fataluku has high dialect diversity, and may be more than a single language, for example with Rusenu. An additional Makuv'a (Lovaea) branch was once assumed for East Timor, but that appears to be a heavily Papuan-influenced Austronesian language. The fourth Papuan language spoken in East Timor, Bunak, is more distantly related. It is currently unknown if they are closer to each other or to the Alor–Pantar languages; all are clearly related. They may be closest to the West Bomberai languages of mainland New Guinea, but this is as yet speculative.〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oirata–Makasai languages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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