Klon language
| Kelon | |
|---|---|
| Klon | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Alor Island, East Nusa Tenggara |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2008)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kyo |
| Glottolog | kelo1247 |
| ELP | Kelon |
Kelon, or Klon, is a Papuan language of the western tip of Alor Island in the Alor archipelago of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It is closely related to the Adang language, spoken across Kalabahi Bay to the north.[2]
References
- ^ Baird, Louise. 2008. A grammar of Klon: a non-Austronesian language of Alor, Indonesia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
- ^ Robinson, Laura C. and Gary Holton. 2012. Internal classification of the Alor-Pantar language family using computational methods applied to the lexicon. Language Dynamics and Change 2(2): 123-149.