Lele language (Papua New Guinea)

Not to be confused with Lele language (Guinea), Lele language (Chad), or Lele language (Bantu).
Lele
Native toPapua New Guinea
Regionnortheastern Manus Island, Manus Province
Native speakers
3,181 (2015)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3lle
Glottologlele1270

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]

  1. ^ Boettger, Juliane (2015). Topics in the grammar of Lele: a language of Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (Ph.D. thesis). James Cook University.
  2. ^ "Lele". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2022-07-02.