Lele language (Papua New Guinea)
Not to be confused with Lele language (Guinea), Lele language (Chad), or Lele language (Democratic Republic of the Congo).
| Lele | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | northeastern Manus Island, Manus Province |
Native speakers | unknown (1,300 cited 1982)[1] |
|
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
lle |
| Glottolog |
lele1270[2] |
Lele is an East Manus language of the Austronesian language family spoken in the northeastern part of Manus Island, New Guinea. It has an SVO word order.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lele at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Lele (Papua New Guinea)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.