Alternate Names: Rote, Rote Barat, Roti, Rotinese, Western Rote
Dialects: Eastern Dengka, Lelain, Western Dengka. Western Dengka dialect has marked intonation; some occurrences of, ngg, in Eastern Dengka dialect become, nd, in Western Dengka. Some vocabulary of Western Dengka is like Dhao ,. Dengka and Dela-Oenale , are more divergent from other languages on Rote.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 20,000 (2002 UKAW).
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Also use Indonesian [ind]. Used as L2 by Helong [heg].
Language Development: Bible portions: 2004.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.