Mambai
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| Mambai | |
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| Region | East Timor |
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Native speakers
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130,000 (2010 census)[1] |
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Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mgm |
| Glottolog | mamb1306[2] |
Distribution of Mambai mother-tongue speakers in East Timor
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The Mambai (also Mambae, Manbae) are the second largest ethnic group in East Timor. Their language is also called Mambai (or Mambae, Manbae).
People
The Mambai number about 80,000[3] from the interior of Dili District to the south coast of the territory, especially in the districts of Ainaro and Manufahi. Circular houses with conical roofs are typical dwellings,[4] and the Mambai cultivate maize, rice, and root vegetables.[3]
Ethnically Mambai politicians include Francisco Xavier do Amaral,[5] Manuel Tilman,[6] Lúcia Lobato,[7] and Fernando de Araújo.[7]
References
- ↑ Mambai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Clifford Sather and James J. Fox (eds), Origins, Ancestry and Alliance: Explorations in Austronesian Ethnography, ANU E Press, 2006, Chapter 7.
- ↑ Tony Wheeler, East Timor, Lonely Planet, 2004, p. 93.
- ↑ Asian survey, University of California Press, 2003, Volume 43, Issues 4-6, p. 754
- ↑ International Crisis Group, Asia Briefing N°65, 13 June 2007
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 East Timor Legal Information Site, 2007
Further reading
People
- Elizabeth Gilbert Traube, Ritual exchange among the Mambai of East Timor: gifts of life and death, Harvard University Press, 1977.
- Elizabeth Gilbert Traube, Cosmology and Social Life: ritual exchange among the Mambai of East Timor, University of Chicago Press, 1986.
Language
- Geoffrey Hull, Celestino de Araújo, and Benjamim de Araújo e Corte-Real, Mambai Language Manual: Ainaro dialect, Sebastião Aparício da Silva Project, 2001.
- Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and Robert M. W. Dixon (eds), Grammars in contact: a cross-linguistic typology, Oxford University Press, 2006, Chapter 6.
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