Lele language (Papua New Guinea) explained

Lele
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:northeastern Manus Island, Manus Province
Speakers:3,181
Date:2015
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Oceanic
Fam4:Admiralty Islands
Fam5:Eastern Admiralty Islands
Fam6:Manus
Fam7:East Manus
Iso3:lle
Glotto:lele1270
Glottorefname:Lele (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.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Boettger . Juliane . Topics in the grammar of Lele: a language of Manus Island, Papua New Guinea . 2015 . Ph.D. . James Cook University .
  2. Web site: Lele. Ethnologue . en . 2022-07-02.