Flores–Lembata languages
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| Flores–Lembata | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia) |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Glottolog | flor1239[1] |
The Flores–Lembata languages are a group of related Austronesian languages (geographically Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages) spoken in the Lesser Sundas, on eastern Flores and small islands immediately east of Flores. They are suspected of having a non-Austronesian substratum, for example in Sika, but not to any greater extent than the Central Malayo-Polynesian languages in general.
Languages[edit]
- Flores–Lembata
- Kedang
- Sika–Lamaholot
- Sika
- Lamaholotic
- Lamatuka, Lewo Eleng
- Lamaholot
Classification[edit]
Elias (2017) proposes the following internal classification of Flores-Lembata.[2]
- Flores-Lembata
- Sika-Hewa
- Sika
- Hewa
- Kedang-Lamaholot
Linguistic areas are:[2]
- East Lembata: Kedan, Eastern Lamaholot
- Sedentary Lembata: Eastern Lamaholot, Alorese, Western Lamaholot, Central Lamaholot
References[edit]
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Flores–Lembata". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ a b Elias, Alexander. 2017. Subgrouping the Flores–Lembata languages using Historical Glottometry. 9th International Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference (APLL9), 21–23 June 2017, LACITO, Paris.
External links[edit]
- LexiRumah (part of the Lesser Sunda linguistic databases)
- Reconstructing the past through languages of the present: the Lesser Sunda Islands
