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'''Lewotobi''' is either a separate [[Central Malayo-Polynesian languages|Central Malayo-Polynesian]] language or dialect of [[Lamaholot language|Lamaholot]] of [[Flores]] island in [[Indonesia]]. It is presented as a separate language by Ethnologue and Grimes (1997).<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://ausil.org.au/sites/ausil/files/1997%20Grimes%20etal%20Nusa%20Teng%20Guide.pdf|title=A guide to the people and languages of Nusa Tenggara|last=Grimes|first=Charles|publisher=Artha Wacana Press|year=1997|location=Kupang}}</ref> {{harvcoltxt|Nagaya|2011}}, in his description of Lewotobi, disputes this, classifying it instead as a dialect of Lamaholot.
'''Lewotobi''' is either a separate [[Central Malayo-Polynesian languages|Central Malayo-Polynesian]] language or dialect of [[Lamaholot language|Lamaholot]] of [[Flores]] island in [[Indonesia]]. It is presented as a separate language by Ethnologue and Grimes (1997).<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://ausil.org.au/sites/ausil/files/1997%20Grimes%20etal%20Nusa%20Teng%20Guide.pdf|title=A guide to the people and languages of Nusa Tenggara|last=Grimes|first=Charles|publisher=Artha Wacana Press|year=1997|location=Kupang}}</ref> {{harvcoltxt|Nagaya|2011}}, in his description of Lewotobi, disputes this, classifying it instead as a dialect of Lamaholot.

[[File:Sample Text in Lewotobi.png|thumb|A sample text in Lewotobi, a language of Indonesia.]]


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Latest revision as of 05:10, 18 April 2024

Lewotobi
Lewotobi Lamaholot
Native toIndonesia
RegionFlores
Native speakers
(undated figure of 6,000)[1]
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).[2] Nagaya (2011), in his description of Lewotobi, disputes this, classifying it instead as a dialect of Lamaholot.

Notes[edit]

  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.

References[edit]

  • Nagaya, Naonori (2011). The Lamaholot Language of Eastern Indonesia (Ph.D. thesis). Rice University. hdl:1911/70366.