- Tocodede
Tocodede (also known as Tukude, Tokodede, Tokodé, and Tocod) is one of the languages of
East Timor , spoken by about 65,000 people in the district of Liquiçá, especially the subdistricts ofMaubara andLiquiçá along theLois River . The number has declined in recent years. It is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language, in the Timor group.The first significant text published in Tocodede was Peneer meselo laa Literatura kidia-laa Timór, translated by
João Paulo T. Esperança ,Fernanda Correia , andCesaltina Campos from an article by João Paulo T. Esperança entitled "A Brief Look at the Literature of Timor". The Tocodede version was published in the literary supplementVárzea de Letras , published by the Department of Portuguese Language of theNational University of Timor-Leste , inDili , in December 2005.External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tkd Tocodede on Ethnologue]
* [http://jpesperanca.blogspot.com/2006/02/peneer-meselo-laa-literatura-kidia-laa.html Peneer meselo laa Literatura kidia-laa Timór, the first significant text published in Tocodede]
* [http://www.freewebs.com/jpesperanca/textoslindos.htm John 8,1-11 in Tokodede]
* [http://us.share.geocities.com/dalen_tokodede/tk-disionariu.htm Tokodede dictionary on-line]
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