Lamaholot
A language of Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara)
| Population | 150,000 ( Grimes, Therik, Grimes, Jacob 1997). |
| Region | Lesser Sundas, east tip of Flores, east of the Sika [ski], and on west Solor; Adonara Lembata (except the Kedang area) and in enclaves on Pantar north coast, northwest Alor, and surrounding islands. |
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| Alternate names | Solor, Solorese |
| Dialects | West Lamaholot (Muhang, Pukaunu), Lamaholot (Taka, Lewolaga, Ile Mandiri, Tanjung Bunda, Larantuka, Ritaebang), West Solor. Wide variation among dialects. Keraf (1978) reports 18 distinct languages. Probably as many as 10 languages. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Timor, Flores-Lembata |
| Language use | Language of wider communication. The area around Larantuka is multiethnic and some people have shifted to Malay [lrt]. Used as language of wider communication on Solor. |
| Language development | Grammar. |
| Comments | ‘Lamaholot-Alor’ is used to refer to (1) a lingua franca, (2) any of several Austronesian varieties spoken from eastern Flores to Alor. Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian. |
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