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UVL ISO 639-3

Lote

Lote Autonym

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639
uvl
Alternate Names
Lohote, Uvol
Autonym
Lote
Population
6,000 (Pearson and van den Berg 2008). 700 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 6,000 (Pearson and van den Berg 2008).
Location:
East New Britain province: Pomio district, southeast coast and inland near Cape Dampier.
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Vitiaz, Mengen
Dialects
3 dialects, each mutually intelligible with the other.
Typology
SVO; Noun Classes: 4 (Personal, Common, Alienable, Inalienable); Active-Stative; Verbal affixation marks subject, transitive, causative, and reciprocity; Consonants: 11, Vowels: 6.
Language Use
Vigorous. All domains except church and community meetings, where there is mixed use with Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used by all. Positive attitudes. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Pearson and van den Berg 2008). Some also use English [eng] (Pearson and van den Berg 2008). Used as L2 by Amio-Gelimi [let], Mangseng [mbh].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 40%. Literacy rate in L2: 65% in Tok Pisin [tpi], 40% in English [eng]. Vernacular language preschools. Taught in primary schools. Literature. NT: 2009.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Lote
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
People who marry in are encouraged to learn Lote. Christian, traditional religion.

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Location: East New Britain province: Pomio district, southeast coast and inland near Cape Dampier.