Komodo language explained

Komodo
Region:Komodo Island and mainland Flores
State:Indonesia
Ethnicity:Komodo, Bugis, Bima
Speakers:700
Date:2000
Ref:e17
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Central–Eastern MP
Fam4:Bima–Sumba
Script:Latin
Iso3:kvh
Glotto:komo1261
Glottoname:Komodo

The Komodo language is a language spoken by the extinct[1] Komodo people, and present day inhabitants of Komodo Island, with a small population of speakers on mainland Flores.[2] It belongs to the Austronesian language family, and is a separate language from Manggarai.

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Notes and References

  1. News: 2013-01-28 . Penduduk Hidup Bersama Komodo . id . Kompas.com . 2018-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233824/https://sains.kompas.com/read/2013/01/28/15514880/penduduk.hidup.bersama.komodo . 2018-07-05.
  2. Web site: Komodo . https://web.archive.org/web/20130825061007/http://joshuaproject.net/languages.php?rol3=kvh . 2013-08-25 . 2018-07-06 . Joshua Project.