Lio language

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title: "Lio language" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["sumba-languages", "languages-of-indonesia"] description: "Austronesian language spoken in Flores, Indonesia" topic_path: "linguistics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lio_language" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Austronesian language spoken in Flores, Indonesia ::

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Field	Value
name	Lio
pronunciation
altname	Li'o
nativename	Sara Li'o
states	Indonesia
region	Central Flores
ethnicity	Lio
speakers
date	2009 census
ref	e22
familycolor	Austronesian
fam2	Malayo-Polynesian
fam3	Central–Eastern MP
fam4	Sumba–Flores
fam5	Ende–Manggarai
fam6	Central Flores
script	Latin script
iso3	ljl
glotto	lioo1240
glottorefname	Li'o
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|name=Lio |pronunciation= |altname=Li'o |nativename=Sara Li'o |states=Indonesia |region=Central Flores |ethnicity=Lio |speakers= |date=2009 census |ref=e22 |familycolor=Austronesian |fam2=Malayo-Polynesian |fam3=Central–Eastern MP |fam4=Sumba–Flores |fam5=Ende–Manggarai |fam6=Central Flores |script=Latin script |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.

Phonology

::data[format=table title="Consonants"] | Labial/ labiodental | Dental/ alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | Nasal | Plosive | voiceless | voiced | prenasalized | implosive | Affricate | Fricative | Trill | Lateral | Approximant | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | () | () | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

::data[format=table title="Vowels"]

Front	Central	Back	Close	Mid	Open
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References

References

1. Elias, Alexander. (2019). "Lio and the Central Flores Languages".

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