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Adabe

Adabe proper noun: a nonexistent Papuan language erroneously listed in some references as being spoken on Atauro in East Timor by people who actually speak Malayo-Polynesian Atauran or Wetarese.

Proper noun

Adabe

  1. A nonexistent Papuan language erroneously listed in some references as being spoken on Atauro in East Timor by people who actually speak Malayo-Polynesian Atauran or Wetarese.

Questions about Adabe

What does Adabe mean?
Adabe means a nonexistent Papuan language erroneously listed in some references as being spoken on Atauro in East Timor by people who actually speak Malayo-Polynesian Atauran or Wetarese.
What part of speech is Adabe?
Adabe is a proper noun.

Words near Adabe in the dictionary

  1. ad.'s
  2. Ada
  3. Ada County
  4. Ada from Decatur
  5. ADAA
  6. Adabe
  7. Adachi
  8. Adachis
  9. Adacia
  10. adactyl
  11. adactylia

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