Sika language

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Sika
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Flores
Native speakers	180,000 (1995)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear MP Central–Eastern MP Sumba–Flores Flores–Lembata Sika
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ski`

The Sika or Sikanese language is a member of the Central Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family, and is spoken by around 180,000 people of the Sika ethnic group on Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It is notable for being one of the few languages which contains a non-allophonic labiodental flap. It shows evidence of having a Papuan (non-Austronesian) substratum.

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