Riung language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Flores, Indonesia}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Riung

|altname = Far Eastern Manggarai

|region = Flores

|state=Indonesia

|ethnicity = Manggarai

|speakers = 14,000

|date =1981

|ref = e18

|familycolor = Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Central–Eastern

|fam4=Sumba–Flores

|fam5=Ende–Manggarai

|fam6=Manggarai

|iso3=riu

|glotto=riun1237

|glottorefname=Riung

}}

Riung is a language of central Flores, in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. It has sometimes been considered a dialect of Manggarai to the west, but is only marginally intelligible with it.

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite thesis |last=Schmidt |first=Christopher K. |title=Morphosyntax of Wangka, a Dialect of Rembong-Riung |date=2013 |degree=PhD |publisher=Rice University |hdl=1911/103420 |hdl-access=free}}

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{{Central Malayo-Polynesian languages}}

{{Languages of Indonesia}}

Category:Sumba languages

Category:Languages of Indonesia

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