RIU ISO 639-3
Riung
A language of Indonesia
- ISO 639
- riu
- Alternate Names
- Far Eastern Manggarai
- Population
- 14,000 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
- Location:
- East Nusa Tenggara province: north central Flores island, Kabupaten Ngada and Kecamatan Riung.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Bima-Lembata
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly similar to Manggarai [mqy], but marginal intelligibility.
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Location: East Nusa Tenggara province: north central Flores island, Kabupaten Ngada and Kecamatan Riung.
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