Ende (Li'o)

Ende is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about 310,000 people in Nusa Tenggara Timur Province in south central Flores in Indonesia. It is also known as Li'o or Ende-Li'o.

Lota script

Ende has its own script, known as Lota or Lota Ende, which is similar to the Bugis script.

Notable features

• Type of writing system: Abugida / Syllabic Alphabet
• Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines
• Used to write: Ende
• The letter a is used as a vowel carrier

Diacritics

Sample text

Transliteration

Ma'e sewo bebo, nitu ngadho no'o babo mamo eo te'ti tei ra kita. ebe, langga do leka fila bewa, nuka leka keli soke ele nesi susa, jaga paga do no'o jala-jala medu tei nia ana mamo muri bheri..

Translation

Don't forget your forefathers who struggled for you; they passed the deep dark ravines and the high mountains, although troubles always came. They saved our life to keep their grandchildrens' life safe and well.

Information about the Lota script mainly provided by Ridwan Maulana. If you have any questions about this script, you can contact Ridwan at ridwanmaul768@gmail.com

Sample video in Ende

Information about Ende-Li'o | Numbers in Ende-Li'o

Links

Information about Ende and Lota
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li'o_language
http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16076-ende.pdf
http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/end
http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/ljl

Malayo-Polynesian languages

Amarasi, Ambai, Ambel, Anuki, Balinese, Banjarese, Batuley, Bima, Bugis, Bushi, Chamorro, Dawan, Dhao, Duri, Ende-Li'o, Fijian, Galoli, Gayo, Hawu, Hoava, Iban, Indonesian, Javanese, Kambera, Kerinci, Komering, Lampung, Ledo Kaili, Madurese, Makasarese, Malagasy, Malay, Malay (Terengganu), Mandar, Manggarainese, Mbula, Mentawai, Minangkabau, Mualang, Musi, Ngaju, Nias, Paicî, Palauan, Sasak, Selaru, Sumbawa, Sundanese, Tetum, Tii, Toqabaqita, Toraja-Sa'dan, Wamesa, Western Rote

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Abugidas / Syllabic alphabets

Ahom, Aima, Arleng, Badagu, Badlit, Basahan, Balinese, Balti-A, Balti-B, Batak, Baybayin, Bengali, Bhaiksuki, Bhujimol, Bilang-bilang, Bima, Blackfoot, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Carrier, Chakma, Cham, Cree, Dehong Dai, Devanagari, Dham Lipi, Dhankari / Sirmauri, Ditema, Dives Akuru, Dogra, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Fraser, Gond, Goykanadi, Grantha, Gujarati, Gunjala Gondi, Gupta, Gurmukhi, Halbi Lipi, Hanifi, Hanuno'o, Hočąk, Ibalnan, Inuktitut, Jaunsari Takri, Javanese, Kaithi, Kadamba, Kamarupi, Kannada, Kawi, Kerinci, Kharosthi, Khema, Khe Prih, Khmer, Khojki, Khudabadi, Kirat Rai, Kōchi, Kulitan, Kurukh Banna, Lampung, Lanna, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Lota Ende, Magar Akkha, Mahajani, Malayalam, Manpuri / Meitei (Modern), Manpuri (Old), Marchen, Meroïtic, Masarm Gondi, Modi, Mon, Mongolian Horizontal Square Script, Multani, Nandinagari, Newa, New Tai Lue, Ojibwe, Odia, Pahawh Hmong, Pallava, Phags-pa, Purva Licchavi, Qiang / Rma, Ranjana, Rejang (Kaganga), Sasak, Savara, Satera Jontal, Shan, Sharda, Siddham, Sinhala, Sorang Sompeng, Sourashtra, Soyombo, Sukhothai, Sundanese, Syloti Nagri, Tagbanwa, Takri, Tamil, Tanchangya (Ka-Pat), Tani, Thaana, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tigalari, Tikamuli, Tocharian, Tolong Siki, Vatteluttu, Warang Citi

Other writing systems

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