Lele language (Papua New Guinea)

Not to be confused with Lele language (Guinea), Lele language (Chad), or Lele language (Bantu).

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]

Lele
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	northeastern Manus Island, Manus Province
Native speakers	3,181 (2015)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Admiralty Islands Eastern Admiralty Islands Manus East Manus Lele
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lle
Glottolog	lele1270

References

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.

External links

• Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collection includes written materials from Lele