Luang language

Luang
Literi Lagona
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Babar Islands
Native speakers	18,000 (1995)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP (Central–Eastern) Timor–Babar South–East Timor Luangic–Kisaric Luangic Luang
Dialects	Lakor Luang Moa ? Wetan (Wetang)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`lex`
Glottolog	`luan1263`^[2]

Luang, also known as Literi Lagona (Letri Lgona), is an Austronesian language spoken in the Babar Islands in Maluku, Indonesia. It shares a lot of vocabulary with the neighboring Leti language. Van Engelenhoven removes Wetan dialect.

References

↑ Luang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Luang". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.