Lewotobi language

Lewotobi
Lewotobi Lamaholot
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Flores
Native speakers	(undated figure of 6,000)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Flores–Lembata Lamaholot Lewotobi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lwt
Glottolog	lewo1244

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

1. Lewotobi at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
2. Grimes, Charles (1997). A guide to the people and languages of Nusa Tenggara (PDF). Kupang: Artha Wacana Press.

References

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