Komodo language

The Komodo language is a language spoken by the present-day inhabitants of Komodo Island, with a small population of speakers on mainland Flores,^[2] as well as by the extinct Komodo people.^[3]

Komodo
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Komodo Island and mainland Flores
Ethnicity	Komodo (extinct) Bugis and Bimanese (only on Komodo Island)
Native speakers	(700 cited 2000)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern MP Bima–Sumba Komodo
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kvh
Glottolog	komo1261  Komodo

Komodo belongs to the Austronesian language family, and is a distinct and separate language from Manggarai.

In the Komodo language, the famous Komodo dragons are known as sebae 'twins', due to belief by the Komodo people that they share the same spiritual mother as the dragons.^[4][5]