Laua language

Not to be confused with Labu language.

Laua
Region	Papua New Guinea
Extinct	(1 speaker reported 1987)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Mailuan Laua
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`luf`
Glottolog	`laua1245`^[2]

Laua, also known as Labu, is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is (or was) spoken in the Central Province, north and west of Laua according to Ethnologue. Laua had only one remaining speaker in 1987, and is now extinct.

References

↑ Laua at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Laua". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Southeast Papuan languages

Koiarian	Grass Koiari Mountain Koiari Koitabu Barai Namiae Ese Ömie

Kwalean	Humene Uare Mulaha

Manubaran	Doromu Maria

Yareban	Moikodi Aneme Wake Bariji Nawaru Yareba

Mailuan	Bauwaki Domu Binahari Morawa Mailu Laua

Dagan	Daga Mapena Maiwa Dima Ginuman Kanasi Onjob Umanakaina Turaka.

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