Kairui-Midiki

KRD

threatened

Alternate Names: Cairui, Midiki

Dialects: Kairui, Midiki (Midik). Vocabulary predominantly Trans-New Guinea, structure is Austronesian. Classification needs further investigation. May be co-dialect with Waima’a.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Timor-Babar
Nuclear Timor

Demographics: 15,000 (2010 census).

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: East Timor