Lou is a Southeast Admiralty Islands language spoken on Lou Island of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea by 1,000 people.[1]
Lou | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Manus Province |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1994)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | loj |
Glottolog | louu1245 |
Dialects
editThere are three dialects. The main dialect is Rei.
Grammar
editLou has thirteen consonants and seven vowels. It is a nominative–accusative language and has subject–verb–object (SVO) word order.[2]
References
editExternal links
edit- A Lou dictionary
- Kaipuleohone archive of Robert Blust's materials include written and audio recorded materials