Luang is a member of the South-East Timor group of Central Malayo-Polynesian languages. It is spoken by about 18,000 people in the Leti Islands and Babar Islands in the southwest of Maluku Province in southern Indonesia.
Luang is also known as Leti or Literi Lagona, and Luang speakers call their language Letri Lgona. Dialects include Wetan, Leti and Luang. The Wetan dialect is spoken in the west of Barbar Island, and on Wetan Island. The Leti dialect is spoken on Leti Island, and the Luang dialect is spoken on the islands of Moa, Lakor, Luang and Sermata.
Luang is written with the Latin alphabet, and there is a translation of the New Testament of the Bible in Luang, which was published in 2005.
Download an alphabet chart for Luang (Excel)
Patke’a ida nora muanke’a ida rmehlima. Muanke’a nwawa Rettiau. Patke’a nwawa Rarlay. Hare de Maran Wetgai ili era re. Noka rrora a’nani muanke’a woru. Yanulu nwawa Rettiau lay. Gari nwawa Rettiau Ru’ru.
There was a woman and a man who were married. The man was named Rettiau. The woman was named Rarlay. They were of the high class Maran Wetgai Ili. Then the two of them had two sons. The oldest named Rettiau lay. The younger named Rettiau Ru’ru.
Source: Luang Grammar and Phonology Sketch. Teber, Kathleen B. & Taber, Mark H. 2015
Information about Luang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luang_language
https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/61931
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/lex
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/luan1263
Amarasi, Dawan, Galoli, Helong, Luang, Tetum, Tii, Western Rote
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 04.08.25. Last modified: 11.08.25
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