Torricelli language

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Torricelli
Lou
Region East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
520 (2003) [1]
Torricelli
  • (unclassified)
    • Torricelli
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tei
Glottolog torr1259
ELP Lou

Torricelli, or Lou, is a Torricelli language of East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea. There is little data to classify it, and it is therefore left unclassified within Torricelli by Ross (2005).

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References

  1. Torricelli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)