Diebroud

TBP

vigorous

Alternate Names: Bok, Dabra, Taburta, Taria, Taworta, Taworta-Aero

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 35%–40% with Foau ,.

Genealogy:

Lakes Plain
East

Demographics: 300 (2006 SIL).

Language Use: Potentially endangered (2000 S. Wurm). Under some pressure from Indonesian [ind] (Wurm 2007). Also use Foau [flh], Indonesian [ind]. Used as L2 by Foau [flh].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 17% in Indonesian [ind].

Typology: SOV; postpositions; genitives before noun heads; adjectives after noun heads; tonal.

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Used as an inter-language. Christian, traditional religion.