Uab Meto language

Uab Meto
Uab Meto
Uab Metô
Native to	Indonesia, East Timor
Region	West Timor, Oecusse
Native speakers	800,000 (2009–2011)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Timoric West Timor Uab Meto; ; ; ; ;
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	East Timor
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; aoz – Uab Meto; bkx – Baikeno
Glottolog	uabm1237
ELP	Uab Meto
	Baikeno

Uab Meto or Dawan is an Austronesian language spoken by Atoni people of West Timor. The language has a variant spoken in the East Timorese exclave of Oecussi-Ambeno, called Baikenu. Baikenu uses words derived from Portuguese, for example, obrigadu for 'thank you', instead of the Indonesian terima kasih.

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