Lio language explained

Lio
Pronunciation:pronounced as /lio/
Also Known As:Li'o
States:Indonesia
Region:Central Flores
Date:2009 census
Ref:e22
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Central–Eastern MP
Fam4:Sumba–Flores
Fam5:Ende–Manggarai
Fam6:Central Flores
Iso3:ljl
Glotto:lioo1240
Glottorefname:Li'o

Lio (also erroneously spelled Li'o) is an Austronesian language spoken in the central part of Flores, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. It belongs to the Central Flores subgroup.[1]

Phonology

Consonants
Labial/
labiodental
Dental/
alveolar
PalatalVelarGlottal
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Plosivepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Affricatepronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/)(pronounced as /link/)
Trillpronounced as /link/
Lateralpronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Vowels!!Front!Central!Back
Closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Elias . Alexander . 2019 . Lio and the Central Flores Languages . M.A. thesis . Leiden University . 1887/69452 . free .