Ende language (Indonesia)

Ende
Ende
Native to	Indonesia
Region	central Flores
Ethnicity	Ende
Native speakers	110,000 (2009)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Sumba–Flores Western Flores Central Flores Ende; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Maukaro; Nangapanda;
Writing system	Lontara script (Lota Ende variant)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	end
Glottolog	ende1246
	Ende
	Coordinates: 8.71°S 121.56°E

Ende is an Austronesian language spoken in the central part of Flores, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in the eastern half of Indonesia.^[2] It belongs to the Central Flores subgroup.^[3]

Regioncentral Flores

EthnicityEnde

Native speakers

110,000 (2009)^[1]

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		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		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 ⟨gh⟩	(h)
Trill			r
Lateral			l
Approximant		w	ɹ ⟨rh⟩

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