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Sika language


 
 

The Sika or Sikanese language is a member of the Central Malayo-PolynesianCentral Malayo-Polynesian languages

The Central Malayo-Polynesian linkage are a branch of Austronesian languages....
 branch of the Austronesian language familyAustronesian languages

The Austronesian languages belongs to a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pa...
, and is spoken by around 180,000 people of the Sika ethnic groupEthnic group

An ethnic group is a human population whose members identify with each other, usually on the basis of a presumed common gene...
 on FloresFlores

Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc with an estimated area of 14,300 km extending east from the Java i...
 island in East Nusa TenggaraFacts About East Nusa Tenggara

East Nusa Tenggara a province of Indonesia, located in the eastern portion Lesser Sunda Islands, including West Timor....
 province, IndonesiaIndonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a nation of islands consisting of 18,110 islands in the South Eas...
. It is notable for being one of the few languages which contains a non-allophonicAllophone

In phonetics, an allophone is one of several similar phones that belong to the same phoneme....
 labiodental flapLabiodental flap

Non-rhotic flaps are uncommon, but include a labiodental flap in languages of the Central African Republic and neighboring c...
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External links

  • at the EthnologueEthnologue

    Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International , a Christian linguistic service ...