Kemak people

Kemak people
Quémaque / Ema

Kemak people at the market in Atsabe, East Timor, circa 1968-1970.
Total population
(80,000[1])
Regions with significant populations
Timor Island:
Timor-Leste (68,800)[2]
West Timor, Indonesia (10,800)[3]
Languages
Kemak language
Religion
Christianity (94% in Timor-Leste, 90% in Indonesia), Folk religion (6% in Timor-Leste, 10% in Indonesia)
Related ethnic groups
Mambai, Tokodede people

The Kemak (Portuguese: Quémaque, also known as Ema) are an ethnic group numbering 80,000 in north-central Timor island. They primarily live in the district of Bobonaro, East Timor, while the rest live in the East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia.

The Kemak people speak the Kemak language.

Settlement area

For the most part the Kemak live in Atabae, Cailaco, Maliana (Bobonaro District, 39,000 Kemaks) and Atsabe (Ermera District, 18,500 Kemaks), but also partly in the Cova Lima District (2,100 Kemaks) of East Timor and in Belu Regency, East Nusa Tenggara of Indonesia. According to the 2010 East Timor census, 61,969 people identify Kemak language as their mother tongue.[4] In 1970, there were 45,084 people.[5]

Major language groups in East Timor, according to the October 2010 census.
Percentage of people using Kemak as mother tongue in Sucos of East Timor (Timor-Leste), according to the 2010 census.

References

  1. ↑ "Kemak people". PeopleGroups. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  2. ↑ "Kemak people in East Timor". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  3. ↑ "Kemak people in Indonesia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  4. ↑ "Population and Housing Census 2010: Population Distribution by Administrative Area Volume 2" (PDF). National Statistics Directorate & United Nations Population Fund. 2010. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  5. ↑ Brigitte Renard-Clamagirand (1982). Marobo: une société ema de Timor. Peeters Publishers. ISBN 28-529-7123-2.

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