Timoric languages


The Timoric languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken on the islands of Timor, neighboring Wetar, and Southwest Maluku to the east.
Within the group, the languages with the most speakers are Uab Meto of West Timor, Indonesia and Tetum of East Timor, each with about half a million speakers, though in addition Tetum is an official language and a lingua franca among non-Tetum East Timorese.

Languages

Hull (1998) & van Engelenhoven (2009)

proposes a Timoric group as follows:
Van Engelenhoven accepts Hull's classification, but further includes Makuva and the Luangic–Kisaric languages in the Eastern branch of Timoric A.

Taber (1993)

In a lexicostatistical classification of the languages of Southwest Maluku, Taber posits a "Southwest Maluku" branch of the Timoric languages, that comprises all languages of the area, except for West Damar and the Babar languages.
Edwards divides the languages of Timor and Southwest Maluku into two main branches, Central Timor and Timor–Babar: