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Lorang language

Lorang is an Austronesian language of the Aru Islands in eastern Indonesia. It is spoken in one village on Koba Island.

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Lorang
Native toIndonesia
RegionAru Islands
Native speakers
220 (2011)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3lrn
Glottologlora1237

Lorang is an Austronesian language2 of the Aru Islands in eastern Indonesia. It is spoken in one village on Koba Island.3

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References

  1. Lorang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Lorang". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hughes, Jock (1987). "The languages of Kei, Tanimbar and Aru: Lexicostatistic classification" (PDF). In Soenjono Dardjowidjojo (ed.). Miscellaneous studies of Indonesian and other languages in Indonesia, part 9. NUSA 27. Jakarta: Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya. pp. 71–111.