Spoken L1 Language: Kupang Malay

Subclassification references
Comments on subclassification

Paauw, Scott H. 2009

AES status:
not endangered
Source:
David M. Eberhard and Gary F. Simons and Charles D. Fennig 2024
Comment:
Malay, Kupang (mkn-mkn) = 3 (Wider communication). LWC used in spice trade in the 1640s. Lingua franca for interethnic communication in the region and in mixed marriages.
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