Lewotobi language

Lewotobi
Lewotobi Lamaholot
Native toIndonesia
RegionFlores
Native speakers
(undated figure of 6,000)
Language codes
ISO 639-3lwt
Glottologlewo1244

Lewotobi is either a separate Central Malayo-Polynesian language or dialect of Lamaholot of Flores island in Indonesia. It is presented as a separate language by Ethnologue and Grimes (1997). Nagaya (2011), in his description of Lewotobi, disputes this, classifying it instead as a dialect of Lamaholot.

Notes

  1. ↑ Lewotobi at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Closed access icon
  2. ↑ Grimes, Charles (1997). A guide to the people and languages of Nusa Tenggara (PDF). Kupang: Artha Wacana Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2020-02-18.

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