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Where is Kolo spoken?

Kolo is an Austronesian language, spoken in Indonesia. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Atlantic-Congo
Austronesian
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
Afro-Asiatic
Nuclear Trans New Guinea
Otomanguean
Austroasiatic
Tai-Kadai
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Where Kolo is spoken

Kolo is spoken in one country: Indonesia.

Country
Indonesia

Kolo has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Kolo?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Moribund. Glottolog lists it as moribund: the youngest speakers are middle-aged or older, and children are no longer learning it.

Where Kolo sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Kolo as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Bima-Lembata
East Sumbawa
Kolo

Related languages

Other languages in the East Sumbawa group:

More about Kolo

Codes: Glottolog kolo1266. Glottolog macroarea: Papunesia.

Questions about Kolo

Where is Kolo spoken?

Kolo is spoken in Indonesia. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Kolo in?

Glottolog places Kolo in the Austronesian family, in the branch Malayo-Polynesian, Bima-Lembata and East Sumbawa.