Sika language

Sika language

language
name=Sika
familycolor=Austronesian
states=Indonesia
region=Flores
speakers=180,000
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
fam3=Central Eastern
fam4=Central
fam5=Timor
iso2=map|iso3=ski|notice=nonotice

The Sika or Sikanese language is a member of the Central Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family, and is spoken by around 180,000 people of the Sika ethnic group on Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It is notable for being one of the few languages which contains a non-allophonic labiodental flap.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ski Sika] at the Ethnologue


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