Laua, also known as Labu, is an extinct Mailuan language of Papua New Guinea. It was spoken in the Central Province, north and west of Laua according to Ethnologue. Laua had only one remaining speaker in 1987, and became extinct shortly after.
Laua | |
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Region | Papua New Guinea |
Extinct | 1990s[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | luf |
Glottolog | laua1245 |
ELP | Laua |
Laua is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
References
edit- ^ Laua at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)