Loun language
Encyclopedia
The Loun language is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia
, mainly in the Maluku
archipelago. The language is critically endangered, even the most optimistic estimates give the language less than 100 speakers.
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, mainly in the Maluku
Maluku Islands
The Maluku Islands are an archipelago that is part of Indonesia, and part of the larger Maritime Southeast Asia region. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone...
archipelago. The language is critically endangered, even the most optimistic estimates give the language less than 100 speakers.