Labu (called Hapa by its speakers) is an Austronesian language spoken among 1600 people (1989) in three older villages and one new one across the Markham River from Lae in Morobe Province Papua New Guinea. Although it belongs to the Lower Markham languages Labu appears to have been strongly influenced by the coastal languages of the Huon Gulf Bukawa in particular.
ISO 639-3 code
lbu
family
Malayo-Polynesian languages, North New Guinea languages, Oceanic languages, Western Oceanic languages
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