Timoric languages


The Timoric, or sometimes Timor–Babar, languages are a group of fifty Austronesian languages spoken on the islands of Timor, neighboring Wetar, and the Babar Islands to the east.
Within the group, the languages with the most speakers are Uab Meto of West Timor 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

Unclassified Nauete is not close to other Timorese languages. Habu is structurally similar to Waima'a.
The Babar languages form their own group:
proposes a Timoric group as follows:
Van Engelenhoven sets up a South–East Timor branch including Tetun, Waimaha, and Luangic–Kisaric; the latter is as follows:
Taber gives a Southwest Maluku and Babar group as follows, along with West Damar as an isolate.
Edwards proposes a Rote-Meto branch, with languages spoken on Rote Island and in West Timor.
;Rote-Meto
Edwards also proposes a Central Timor branch that includes the recently documented language Welaun.
;Central Timor