Lou language (Austronesian)

Not to be confused with Torricelli language.

Lou is a Southeast Admiralty Islands language spoken on Lou Island of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea by 1,000 people.^[1]

Lou
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Manus Province
Native speakers	(1,000 cited 1994)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Admiralty Islands Eastern Admiralty Islands Southeast Admiralty Islands Lou
Language codes
ISO 639-3	loj
Glottolog	louu1245

Dialects

There are three dialects. The main dialect is Rei.

Grammar

Lou has thirteen consonants and seven vowels. It is a nominative–accusative language and has subject–verb–object (SVO) word order.^[2]