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Lio language

Austronesian language spoken in Flores, Indonesia

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Lio (also spelled Li'o) is an Austronesian language spoken in the central part of Flores, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. It belongs to the Central Flores subgroup.

01Phonology

Consonants
		Labial/ labiodental	Dental/ alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Plosive	voiceless	p	t̪		k	ʔ ⟨'⟩
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
	prenasalized	ᵐb ⟨mb⟩	ⁿd ⟨nd⟩		ᵑɡ ⟨ngg⟩
	implosive	ɓ ⟨bh⟩	ɗ ⟨dh⟩
Affricate				d͡ʒ ⟨j⟩
Fricative		f	s		(ɣ)	(h)
Trill			r
Lateral			l
Approximant		ʋ ⟨w⟩			ɰ ⟨gh⟩

Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e	ə	o
Open		a

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