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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
lbb
Autonym
Label
User Population

150 (2010 SIL). Ethnic population: 160 (2010 SIL).

Location

New Ireland province: southwest coast, Nasko village.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Patpatar-Tolai
Language Use

Used by all, some children of immigrants do not learn Label, but learn Tok Pisin [tpi]. Positive attitudes. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Most also use Kandas [kqw]. Many also use Siar-Lak [sjr].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 50%–70%. NT: 2019.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Label
Writing

Latin script [Latn].