Makuva

Makuva is a language of East Timor with very few speakers. It is spoken in the Lautem district, around the village of Tutuala. All speakers are bilingual in Fataluku, which is the language they use for daily conversation.

Tekeni na-kakre makuvo?

Who speaks Makuva?

This is the only booklet ever published in the Makuva language. It contains Makuva sentences with Malay, Tetun, and Fataluku translations, and wordlists. By Thomas van Engelenhoven, 2005.

You can read it online, or download the full text.

Conversa de um médico e um doente em Lovaia Epulu

Conversation between a physician and a patient in Makuva

A conversation in Makuva, with English and Portuguese translations, and full glosses. Original recording available. By António de Almeida from Lisbon, around 1952.

You can read it online, or view a scan of the original text.

Makuva wordlist

A Makuva wordlist, by António de Almeida from Lisbon, around 1952.

You can view scans of seven typed pages, with handwritten comments.