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

Lewo Eleng

A language of Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara)

ISO 639-3lwe

Population  No estimate available.
Region  East central Lembata (Lomblen) Island, between Lamatuka and Kedang. Several villages. North coast villages are the result of recent government-induced migrations.
Language map  Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara enlargements
Dialects  Lamatuka [slp] probably most closely related.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Timor, Flores-Lembata
Language use  Also use Lamaholot [slp].
Comments  Candlenut harvesters. Christian, traditional religion.