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Lio language

Austronesian language spoken in Flores, Indonesia


Summary

Austronesian language spoken in Flores, Indonesia

FieldValue
nameLio
pronunciation
altnameLi'o
nativenameSara Li'o
statesIndonesia
regionCentral Flores
ethnicityLio
speakers
date2009 census
refe22
familycolorAustronesian
fam2Malayo-Polynesian
fam3Central–Eastern MP
fam4Sumba–Flores
fam5Ende–Manggarai
fam6Central Flores
scriptLatin script
iso3ljl
glottolioo1240
glottorefnameLi'o

Lio (also erroneously spelled Li'o) is an Austronesian language spoken in the central part of Flores, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. It belongs to the Central Flores subgroup.

Phonology

Labial/
labiodentalDental/
alveolarPalatalVelarGlottalNasalPlosivevoicelessvoicedprenasalizedimplosiveAffricateFricativeTrillLateralApproximant
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FrontCentralBackCloseMidOpen

References

References

  1. Elias, Alexander. (2019). "Lio and the Central Flores Languages".
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