Lewotobi | |
Also Known As: | Lewotobi Lamaholot |
States: | Indonesia |
Region: | Flores |
Speakers: | 6,000 |
Date: | no date |
Ref: | e17 |
Familycolor: | Austronesian |
Fam3: | Central–Eastern |
Fam4: | Flores–Lembata |
Fam5: | Lamaholot |
Iso3: | lwt |
Glotto: | lewo1244 |
Glottorefname: | Lewotobi |
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).[1], in his description of Lewotobi, disputes this, classifying it instead as a dialect of Lamaholot.