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{{Short description|Austronesian language}}
{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Bekais
|name=Welaun
|altname=Bekais, Wekais
|nativename=
|states=[[Indonesia]], [[East Timor]]
|states=[[Indonesia]], [[East Timor]]
|speakers=2,000
|speakers=2,000-5,575
|dateprefix=ca. 
|dateprefix=ca. 
|date=2006
|date=2006/2019
|ref=<ref>Cunningham, Ingram, & Sumbuk, 2006. ''Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment And Survival'', p. 122</ref>
|ref=<ref>Cunningham, Ingram, & Sumbuk, 2006. ''Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment And Survival'', p. 122</ref><ref name="Edwards-Welaun" />
|familycolor=Austronesian
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=[[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] (MP)
|fam2=[[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]
|fam3=[[Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages|Nuclear MP]]
|fam3=[[Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages|Central–Eastern]]
|fam4=[[Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages|Central–Eastern MP]]
|fam4=[[Timoric languages|Timoric]]
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|fam5=Tetumic
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|fam5=[[Timor–Babar languages|Timor–Babar]]
|fam6=Nuclear Timor ?
|minority=[[East Timor]]
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|iso3=wlh
|fam7=East Timor ?
|glotto=wela1235
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|fam8=Tetumic
|glottorefname=Welaun
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|iso3=none
|map=Bekais.png
|mapcaption=Distribution of Welaun (Bekais) in East Timor (West Timor not shown)
}}
}}

'''Bekais''' is a language on the border of [[East Timor|East]] and [[West Timor]] that is closely related to [[Tetun language|Tetun]].<ref>Hull, Geoffrey. 1998. "The basic lexical affinities of Timor's Austronesian languages: a preliminary investigation." ''Studies in Languages and Cultures of East Timor'' 1:97-202.</ref>
'''Welaun''' (also known as '''Bekais''' or '''Wekais''') is an [[Austronesian language]] spoken on the border of [[East Timor]] and [[West Timor]] (a part of [[Indonesia]]). It is closely related to [[Tetun language|Tetun]].<ref>Hull, Geoffrey. 1998. "The basic lexical affinities of Timor's Austronesian languages: a preliminary investigation." ''Studies in Languages and Cultures of East Timor'' 1:97-202.</ref>

==Previous studies==
Welaun was documented by Hull (2003)<ref>Hull, Geoffrey. 2003. Lia-Bekais nia Fatin iha Dalen-Lubun Tim´or. ''Studies in Languages and Cultures of East Timor'' 5:55–78. (In [[Tetun Dili]].)</ref> and Edwards (2019). Edwards (2019) estimates a speaker population of 5,575.<ref name="Edwards-Welaun">Edwards, Owen (2019). Reintroducing Welaun. ''Oceanic Linguistics'', Volume 58, Number 1, June 2019, pp. 31-58. {{doi|10.1353/ol.2019.0002}} {{hdl|1887/79038|hdl-access=free}}</ref> A dictionary of Welaun has been written by da Silva (2012).<ref>da Silva, Eng. Guilherme ‘Puru-Berliku’. 2012. ''Disionáriu Wekais-Tetun''. Dili: Secretaria de Estado da Cultura.</ref>

==Phonology==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 13 consonants<ref name="Edwards-Welaun" />
! colspan="2" |
! [[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| {{IPAlink|m}}
| {{IPAlink|n}}
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Plosive]]
! {{small|voiceless}}
|
| {{IPAlink|t}}
| {{IPAlink|k}}
| rowspan="2" | {{IPAlink|ʔ}}
|-
! {{small|voiced}}
| {{IPAlink|b}}
| {{IPAlink|d}}
|
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Fricative]]
| {{IPAlink|f}}
| {{IPAlink|s}}
|
| {{IPAlink|h}}
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Approximant]]
|
| {{IPAlink|l}}
|
| {{IPAlink|w}}
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Trill consonant|Trill]]
|
| {{IPAlink|r}}
|
|
|}

It has five vowels: {{IPA|/i e a o u/}}


==References==
==References==
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{{Central Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
{{Austronesian languages}}
{{Languages of East Timor}}
{{Languages of Indonesia}}

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[[Category:Timor–Babar languages]]
[[Category:Languages of East Timor]]
[[Category:Languages of East Timor]]
[[Category:Languages of Indonesia]]
[[Category:Languages of Indonesia]]
[[Category:Central Malayo-Polynesian languages]]
[[Category:Maluku Islands]]

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Latest revision as of 08:22, 14 January 2024

Welaun
Bekais, Wekais
Native toIndonesia, East Timor
Native speakers
2,000-5,575 (ca. 2006/2019)[1][2]
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3wlh
Glottologwela1235
Distribution of Welaun (Bekais) in East Timor (West Timor not shown)

Welaun (also known as Bekais or Wekais) is an Austronesian language spoken on the border of East Timor and West Timor (a part of Indonesia). It is closely related to Tetun.[3]

Previous studies

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Welaun was documented by Hull (2003)[4] and Edwards (2019). Edwards (2019) estimates a speaker population of 5,575.[2] A dictionary of Welaun has been written by da Silva (2012).[5]

Phonology

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13 consonants[2]
Labial Alveolar Velar Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive voiceless t k ʔ
voiced b d
Fricative f s h
Approximant l w
Trill r

It has five vowels: /i e a o u/

References

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  1. ^ Cunningham, Ingram, & Sumbuk, 2006. Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment And Survival, p. 122
  2. ^ a b c Edwards, Owen (2019). Reintroducing Welaun. Oceanic Linguistics, Volume 58, Number 1, June 2019, pp. 31-58. doi:10.1353/ol.2019.0002 hdl:1887/79038
  3. ^ Hull, Geoffrey. 1998. "The basic lexical affinities of Timor's Austronesian languages: a preliminary investigation." Studies in Languages and Cultures of East Timor 1:97-202.
  4. ^ Hull, Geoffrey. 2003. Lia-Bekais nia Fatin iha Dalen-Lubun Tim´or. Studies in Languages and Cultures of East Timor 5:55–78. (In Tetun Dili.)
  5. ^ da Silva, Eng. Guilherme ‘Puru-Berliku’. 2012. Disionáriu Wekais-Tetun. Dili: Secretaria de Estado da Cultura.
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