Lou language (Austronesian)
Not to be confused with Torricelli language.
| Lou | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Manus Province |
Native speakers | 1,000 (1994)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
loj |
| Glottolog |
louu1245[2] |
Lou is a Southeast Admiralty Islands language spoken on Lou Island of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea by 1,000 people.[1]
Dialects
There are three dialects. The main dialect is Rei.
Grammar
Lou has thirteen consonants and seven vowels. It is an nominative–accusative language and has SVO word order.[3]
References
- 1 2 Lou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Lou". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ http://mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca/handle/1993/1324
External links
- A Lou dictionary
- Kaipuleohone archive of Robert Blust's materials include written and audio recorded materials
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