Leipon language
Leipon, or Pityilu, is an Austronesian language spoken on Hauwai, Ndrilo, and Pityilu islands, just off Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.
| Leipon | |
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| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | off Manus Island |
Native speakers | (650 cited 1977)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lek |
| Glottolog | leip1237[2] |
References
- Leipon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Leipon". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
External links
- Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collection includes written materials from Leipon
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