Laboya
[aka Lamboya]Classification: Austronesian
·threatened
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Threatened
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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>23,000
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23,000 on Sumba Island. (2008 Population Registration) The number does not include speakers living in places other than Sumba island.
- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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- PLACES
- Indonesia
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Sumba Island. The Nggaura or Gaura lexicon shows a mixture of Laboya and Kodi. Nggaura is located in the border between Laboya and Kodi. The Gaura people now have a new district, Laboya Barat, which was previously under the district of Lamboya. (I Wayan Arka, personal communication, November 2011)