Welaun language

Welaun
Welaun
Bekais, Wekais
Native to	Indonesia, East Timor
Native speakers	2,000-5,575 (ca. 2006/2019)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Timoric Tetumic Welaun; ; ; ; ;
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	East Timor
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wlh
Glottolog	wela1235
	Distribution of Welaun (Bekais) in East Timor (West Timor not shown)

Welaun (also known as Bekais or Wekais) is an Austronesian language spoken on the border of East Timor and West Timor (a part of Indonesia). It is closely related to Tetun.^[3]

^ Cunningham, Ingram, & Sumbuk, 2006. Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment And Survival, p. 122
^ Cite error: The named reference Edwards-Welaun was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Hull, Geoffrey. 1998. "The basic lexical affinities of Timor's Austronesian languages: a preliminary investigation." Studies in Languages and Cultures of East Timor 1:97-202.