Lio language

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Lio
Li'o
Pronunciation[lio]
Native toIndonesia
RegionCentral Flores
Native speakers
220,000 (2009 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ljl
Glottologlioo1240
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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.[2]

Phonology

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Consonants[2]
Labial/
labiodental
Dental/
alveolar
Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Plosive voiceless p k ʔ ⟨'⟩
voiced b d ɡ
prenasalized ᵐb ⟨mb⟩ ⁿd ⟨nd⟩ ᵑɡ ⟨ngg⟩
implosive ɓ ⟨bh⟩ ɗ ⟨dh⟩
Affricate d͡ʒ ⟨j⟩
Fricative f s (ɣ) (h)
Trill r
Lateral l
Approximant ʋ ⟨w⟩ ɰ ⟨gh⟩
Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e ə o
Open a

References

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  1. ^ Lio at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Further reading

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