Lio language

Lio
Li'o
Pronunciation[lio]
Native toIndonesia
RegionCentral Flores
Native speakers
220,000 (2009 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ljl
Glottologlioo1240

Lio (also erroneously spelled Li'o) is an Austronesian language spoken in the central part of Flores, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. It belongs to the Central Flores subgroup.[2]

Phonology

Consonants[2]
Labial/
labiodental 		Dental/
alveolar 		Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Plosive voiceless p t̪ k ʔ ⟨'⟩
voiced b d ɡ
prenasalized ᵐb ⟨mb⟩ ⁿd ⟨nd⟩ ᵑɡ ⟨ngg⟩
implosive ɓ ⟨bh⟩ ɗ ⟨dh⟩
Affricate d͡ʒ ⟨j⟩
Fricative f s (ɣ) (h)
Trill r
Lateral l
Approximant ʋ ⟨w⟩ ɰ ⟨gh⟩
Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e ə o
Open a

References

  1. ^ Lio at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b c Elias, Alexander (2019). Lio and the Central Flores Languages (M.A. thesis). Leiden University. hdl:1887/69452.

Further reading