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Lamboya language

Lamboya or Laboya is an Austronesian language spoken on Sumba, Indonesia. The population figure may include Gaura, which Ethnologue counts as a dialect of both Lamboya and Kodi.

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Lamboya
Native toIndonesia
RegionSumba Island
Native speakers
(25,000 cited 1997)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3lmy
Glottologlamb1273
ELPLaboya

Lamboya or Laboya is an Austronesian language spoken on Sumba, Indonesia. The population figure may include Gaura, which Ethnologue counts as a dialect of both Lamboya and Kodi.

References

References

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