Lou language (Austronesian)

Lou
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionManus Province
Native speakers
(1,000 cited 1994)
Language codes
ISO 639-3loj
Glottologlouu1245

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

  1. 1 2 Lou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Stutzman, Verna (1997). A Study of the Lou Verb Phrase (MA thesis). University of Manitoba. hdl:1993/1324.