Loniu language
| Loniu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Los Negros Island, Manus Province |
Native speakers | (460 cited 1977)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
los |
| Glottolog |
loni1238[2] |
Loniu is an Austronesian language spoken on Los Negros Island, immediately east of Manus Island in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea.
References
- ↑ Loniu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Loniu". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Hamel, Patricia J. (1994). A grammar and lexicon of Loniu, Papua New Guinea. Pacific Linguistics C-103. Canberra: The Australian National University. 275 pp.
- Hamel, Patricia J. (1993). Serial verbs in Loniu and an evolving preposition. Oceanic Linguistics 32:111–132.
External links
- Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collection includes written and recorded materials from Loniu
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