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Central Flores languages

New Guinea and Pacific Language Families

The Central Flores languages, also called Ngadha-Lio, are a subgroup of the Austronesian family spoken in the central part of Flores island in the Lesser Sundas of eastern Indonesia, bounded to the west by the Manggarai languages and to the east by the Sikka languages. The group descends from a reconstructed Proto-Central Flores ancestor.

Facts
Region
Central Flores, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia 1
Proto-Language Status
Central Flores languages descend from a reconstructed common ancestor named Proto-Central Flores in comparative Austronesian linguistics. 1
Sources
1. Central Flores languages, Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, second sentence
    They are spoken in the central part of Flores, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in the eastern half of Indonesia.
  • Infobox, Proto-language field
    Proto-language: Proto-Central Flores
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