| Lou | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Manus Province |
| Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1994) |
| Language family | Austronesian |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | loj |
| Glottolog | louu1245 |
Lou is a Southeast Admiralty Islands language spoken on Lou Island of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea by 1,000 people.
Dialects
There are three dialects. The main dialect is Rei.
Grammar
Lou has thirteen consonants and seven vowels. It is a nominative–accusative language and has subject–verb–object (SVO) word order.
References
- ^ Lou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Stutzman, Verna (1997). A Study of the Lou Verb Phrase (MA thesis). University of Manitoba. hdl:1993/1324.
External links
- A Lou dictionary
- Kaipuleohone archive of Robert Blust's materials include written and audio recorded materials
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