Tokodede language

Tokodede
Region	East Timor
Native speakers	40,000 (2010 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Timoric Ramelaic West Tokodede
Dialects	Keha (Keia)
Official status
Recognised minority language in	East Timor
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tkd
Glottolog	tuku1254
Distribution of Tokodede mother-tongue speakers in East Timor

Tokodede (also known as Tukude, Tocodede, Tokodé, and Tocod) is one of the languages of East Timor, spoken by about 39,000 people in the municipality of Liquiçá, especially the administrative posts of Maubara and Liquiçá along the northern reaches of the Loes River system. The number of speakers has declined in recent years. It is a Malayo-Polynesian language in the Timor group.

The first significant text published in Tokodede was Peneer meselo laa Literatura kidia-laa Timór, translated by João Paulo T. Esperança, Fernanda Correia, and Cesaltina Campos from an article by João Paulo T. Esperança entitled "A Brief Look at the Literature of Timor". The Tokodede version was published in the literary supplement Várzea de Letras, published by the Department of Portuguese Language of the National University of Timor-Leste, in Dili, in December 2005.

External links

• Peneer meselo laa Literatura kidia-laa Timór, the first significant text published in Tocodede
• John 8,1-11 in Tokodede
• Tokodede dictionary on-line