Lesing-Gelimi language

Lesing-Gelimi
Lesing-Gelimi
Lesing-Atui
Amio-Gelimi
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	New Britain
Native speakers	(2,000 cited 2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic North New Guinea Ngero–Vitiaz Southwest New Britain Arawe–Pasismanua Arawe East Lesing-Gelimi; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Lesing (Amio); Gelimi (Atui);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	let
Glottolog	lesi1239

Last updated January 02, 2026

Lesing-Gelimi, or Lesing-Atui, is an Austronesian language of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

References

↑ Lesing-Gelimi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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Lesing-Gelimi
Lesing-Atui
Amio-Gelimi
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	New Britain
Native speakers	(2,000 cited 2000 census)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic North New Guinea Ngero–Vitiaz Southwest New Britain Arawe–Pasismanua Arawe East Lesing-Gelimi
Dialects	Lesing (Amio) Gelimi (Atui)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`let`
Glottolog	`lesi1239`