ISO 639-3 · lojloj
Austronesian family
Lou
Lou is a language of the Admiralty Islands branch (Austronesian), spoken in Papua New Guinea. Wikidata counts about 1,000 speakers (1994). Wikidata describes it as “Southeast Admiralty Islands language spoken in Papua New Guinea”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
loj- Glottocode
louu1245- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
7levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Lou |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lou language |
| All speakers | 1,000 (1994) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Lou
The branches above Lou, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Papua New Guinea
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting