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Laxudumau
Laxudumau
Lakurumau
Region	New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	800 (2020)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian (New Ireland) Tungag–Nalik Laxudumau; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lxm
Glottolog	laku1238
ELP	Lakurumau
	Laxudumau is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
	Laxudumau Laxudumau
	Coordinates: 2°52′59″S 151°15′00″E / 2.883°S 151.250°E

Laxudumau (Lakurumau), spoken in the village of Lakurumau on the island of New Ireland,^[2] is an Austronesian language transitional between Nalik and Kara.

Notes edit

^ Laxudumau at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
^ Mazzitelli, Lidia Federica (2020). "Documentation of Lakurumau: Making the Case for One More Language in Papua New Guinea". Language Documentation & Conservation. 14: 215–237. hdl:10125/24922.