Lote language

Lote
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region East New Britain Province, Pomio District, southeast coast and inland near Cape Dampier.
Coordinates 5°57′S 150°54′E / 5.950°S 150.900°E / -5.950; 150.900
Native speakers
 5,500 (2004)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 uvl
Glottolog lote1237[2]

Lote (also known as Lohote) is an Austronesian language spoken by about 6,000 people who live around Cape Dampier on the south coast of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. The language was earlier known as Uvol, after the name of a local river, where the first wharf and later airstrip were built.

References

  1. ↑ Lote at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Lote". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Pearson, Greg, with René van den Berg. 2008. Lote Grammar Sketch. Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages, vol. 54. Ukarumpa: SIL-PNG Academic Publications.


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