Ende language (Indonesia)

For the Ende language spoken on Sulawesi, see Baras language.

Ende is an Austronesian language spoken in the central part of Flores, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in the eastern half of Indonesia.^[2] It belongs to the Central Flores subgroup.^[3]

Ende
Native to	Indonesia
Region	central Flores
Native speakers	110,000 (2009)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Sumba–Flores Western Flores Central Flores Ende
Writing system	Lontara script (Lota Ende variant)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	end
Glottolog	ende1246
Ende
Coordinates: 8.71°S 121.56°E / -8.71; 121.56

Phonology

Consonants^[2]

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ ⟨'⟩
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
	prenasalized	ᵐb ⟨mb⟩	ⁿd ⟨nd⟩		ᵑɡ ⟨ngg⟩
	implosive	ɓ ⟨bh⟩	ɗ ⟨dh⟩
Affricate				d͡ʒ ⟨j⟩
Fricative		f	s		ɣ ⟨gh⟩	(h)
Trill			r
Lateral			l
Approximant		w	ɹ ⟨rh⟩

Vowels^[2]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e ⟨é⟩	ə ⟨e⟩	o
Open		a

Grammar

See also: Central Flores languages § Grammar

Like all Central Flores languages, Ende has a highly isolating structure.^[4]

See also

• Lio language
• Ende Regency