Lote
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A language of Papua New Guinea
6,000 (Pearson and van den Berg 2008). 700 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 6,000 (Pearson and van den Berg 2008).
East New Britain province: Pomio district, southeast coast and inland near Cape Dampier.
5 (Developing).
3 dialects, each mutually intelligible with the other.
SVO; Noun Classes: 4 (Personal, Common, Alienable, Inalienable); Active-Stative; Verbal affixation marks subject, transitive, causative, and reciprocity; Consonants: 11, Vowels: 6.
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].
People who marry in are encouraged to learn Lote. Christian, traditional religion.