Alternate Names: Central Rote, Pa’da, Rote, Rote Tengah, Roti, Rotinese
Dialects: Bokai, Korbafo (Korbaffo), Pa’da (Termanu), Pa’da Kona (Keka-Talae, Southern Termanu). Reportedly seems more similar to Lole , than to other varieties on Rote. Korbafo and Bokai may need to be separated for sociolinguistic reasons.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 30,000 (2002 UKAW).
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Some older people educated in Dutch [nld]. Also use Indonesian [ind], Kupang Malay [mkn].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1895–2004.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: Christian.