Leti language

Leti
Leti
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Leti Islands
Native speakers	(7,500 cited 1995)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Central–Eastern MP Timoric South–East Timor Luangic–Kisaric Luangic Leti; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lti
Glottolog	leti1246

Leti (or Letti) is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Leti in Maluku. Although it shares much vocabulary with the neighboring Luang language, it is marginally mutually intelligible.

Fewer than 1% of Leti speakers are literate in Leti, though between 25% and 50% of them are literate in another language.

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