Lele language (Papua New Guinea)
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]
| Lele | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | northeastern Manus Island, Manus Province |
Native speakers | (1,300 cited 1982)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lle |
| Glottolog | lele1270 |
References
- Lele at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Boettger, Juliane (2015). Topics in the grammar of Lele: a language of Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (Ph.D. thesis). James Cook University.
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