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Luang language

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Luang
Literi Lagona
Native toIndonesia
RegionBabar Islands
Native speakers
(18,000 cited 1995)[1]
Austronesian
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 Babar Islands in Maluku, Indonesia. It shares much vocabulary with the neighboring Leti language.

References

  1. ^ Luang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)