Kairui-Midiki language

Kairui-Midiki
Kairui-Midiki
Region	Northeast East Timor
Native speakers	18,600: 14,600 Midiki and 4,000 Kairui (2015 census); 4,500 (2015 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Timoric Kawaimina Kairui-Midiki; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	krd
Glottolog	kair1265
ELP	Kairui-Midiki
	Distribution of Midiki
	Distribution of Kairui

Kairui-Midiki is a language of East Timor spoken by 23,000 people in 2015, primarily in Venilale Administrative Post in Baucau.

Kairui-Midiki is closely related to the Waima'a and Naueti languages. These four varieties' level of mutual intelligibility has led some to categorize them as dialects of a single language: Kawaimina.

Kairui and Midiki were listed separately in the Timor-Leste 2010 Census, but are often considered dialects of a single language, in the literature named Kairui-Midiki.

Some Midiki speakers near Ossu refer to their language as Osomoko.

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