Lamaholot language
Lamaholot, also known as Solor or Solorese, is a Central Malayo-Polynesian dialect cluster of Flores, Indonesia. The varieties may not be all mutually intelligible; Keraf reports that there are 18 languages under the name.
The Lamaholot language shows evidence of a Papuan substratum, with about 50 percent of the lexicon being non-Austronesian.
Various Lamaholot dialects are presented as independent languages by Ethnologue. For example, Lewotobi is presented as a separate language by Ethnologue and Grimes. disputes this, classifying it instead as a dialect of Lamaholot.
Lamaholot is similar to Sika to the west and Kedang to the east. Lamaholot dialects are often divided into three groupings: western, central and eastern. Alorese is partially intelligible with Lamaholot and is often considered to be a dialect of it.
