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Luang language information


Luang
Literi Lagona
Native toIndonesia
RegionBabar Islands
Native speakers
(18,000 cited 1995)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
    • Central–Eastern MP
      • Timoric
        • South–East Timor
          • Luangic–Kisaric
            • Luangic
              • Luang
Dialects
  • Lakor
  • Luang
  • Moa
  • Wetan (Wetang)
Language codes
ISO 639-3lex
Glottologluan1263
ELPLuang

Luang, also known as Literi Lagona (Letri Lgona), is an Austronesian language spoken in the Leti Islands and the Babar Islands in Maluku, Indonesia. It is closely related to the neighboring Leti language, with 89% shared basic vocabulary.[2]

  1. ^ Luang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Taber, Mark (1993). "Toward a Better Understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku." Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Winter, 1993), pp. 389–441. University of Hawai'i.

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