Makuva

LVA

nearly extinct

Alternate Names: Lovaea, Lovaia, Lóvaia, Maku’a, Makua, Makuwa

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 56 (2010 census).

Language Use: Almost all shifted to Fataluku [ddg] (Wurm 2007).

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: East Timor