Lala language (Papua New Guinea)

Lala, Nara, or Pokau is an Austronesian language of the central southern coast of the Papuan Peninsula in Papua New Guinea. This language is spoken in the villages of Oloi, Diumana, Ala'ala, Tubu, Kaiau and Vanuamae. A count in 2017 showed there to be about 3000 speakers with a current language status of developing, meaning that the language is in vigorous use, with literature in a standardized form being used by some.

Lala
Nara
RegionEastern New Guinea
Native speakers
3,000 (2007)
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Western Oceanic
        • Papuan Tip
          • Central Papuan Tip
            • West Central
              • Nuclear West Central
                • Lala
Language codes
ISO 639-3nrz
Glottologlala1268

According to Ethnologue the Lala language shares a 57% lexical similarity with the Toura language, and 47% with the Abadi language.

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