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Ende

A language of Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara)

ISO 639-3end

Population  87,000 (Wurm and Hattori 1981). 78,000 Ende, 9,000 Nga’o.
Region  Lesser Sundas, south central Flores, west of Sikka.
Language map  Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara enlargements
Alternate names   Endeh
Dialects  Ende (Endeh, Ja’o, Djau), Nga’o (Ngao, West Ende). A dialect subgroup. Li’o [ljl] may be a dialect of Ende.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Bima-Sumba, Ende-Lio
Comments  Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MCDONNELL, Bradley J., author. 2008. "Possessive constructions in Ende: a language of eastern Indonesia."

MCDONNELL, Bradley, author. 2006. "Possessive structures in Ende: a language of Eastern Indonesia."  Available online