Tocodede (also known as Tukude, Tokodede, Tokodé, and Tocod) is one of the languages of East Timor, spoken by about 39,000 people in the district of Liquiçá, especially the subdistricts of Maubara and Liquiçá along the northern bench of Lois River system. The number has declined in recent years. It is a Malayo-Polynesian language in the Timor group.The first significant text published in Tocodede was Peneer meselo laa Literatura kidia-laa Timór, translated by João Paulo T.