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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara) > Kui

Kui

A language of Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara)

ISO 639-3kvd

Population  4,240 (2000). Ethnic population: 5,000 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
Region  Alor Island, scattered enclaves. Kui on south coast in Lerabaing and Buraga, also in Moru in Kalabahi Bay, interspersed with Hamap [hmu]; Batulolong in Sibera and Kapebang.
Language map  Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara enlargements
Alternate names   Lerabain
Dialects  Kui (Lerabaing, Buraga), Kiramang (Kramang), Batulolong.
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, West, West Timor-Alor-Pantar, Alor-Pantar, Alor
Comments  ‘Masin-Lak’ is their name for their language. Muslim, Christian.