Kara

LEU

developing

Alternate Names: Lemakot, Lemusmus

Dialects: East Kara, Lauan-Nonopai, Luburua, Ngavalus-Lossuk, West Kara.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
Meso Melanesian
New Ireland
Lavongai-Nalik

Demographics: 5,000 (1998 SIL).

Language Development: NT: 1997.

Typology: SVO.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea