Ngadha language
Language in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Nga:da language.
Ngadha (IPA: [ŋaᶑa], also spelled Ngada, Ngadʼa or Ngaʼda[2]) is an Austronesian language, one of six languages spoken in the central stretch of the Indonesian island of Flores.[3] From west to east these languages are Ngadha, Nage, Keo, Ende, Lio, and Palu'e. These languages form the proposed Central Flores group of the Sumba–Flores languages, according to Blust (2009).[4]
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Ngadha | |
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Bahasa Ngadha | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Flores |
Native speakers | (ca. 65,000 cited 1994–1995)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:nxg – Ngadʼanea – Eastern Ngadʼa |
Glottolog | ngad1261 |
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Ngadha is one of the few languages with a retroflex implosive /ᶑ /.