Lio (also erroneously spelled Li'o) is an Austronesian language spoken in the central part of Flores, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. It belongs to the Central Flores subgroup.

Phonology

Consonants
Labial/ labiodentalDental/ alveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Nasalmnŋ ⟨ng⟩
Plosivevoicelesspt̪kʔ ⟨'⟩
voicedbdɡ
prenasalizedᵐb ⟨mb⟩ⁿd ⟨nd⟩ᵑɡ ⟨ngg⟩
implosiveɓ ⟨bh⟩ɗ ⟨dh⟩
Affricated͡ʒ ⟨j⟩
Fricativefs(ɣ)(h)
Trillr
Laterall
Approximantʋ ⟨w⟩ɰ ⟨gh⟩
Vowels
FrontCentralBack
Closeiu
Mideəo
Opena

Further reading

  • Ni Made Suryati; Aron Meko Mbete; Multamia Lauder; Ni Made Dhanawaty (2012). . e-Journal of Linguistics. 6 (1).