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Löyöp language

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Native to
  
Native speakers
  
240 (2010)

Glottolog
  
leha1244

Region
  
ISO 639-3
  
urr

Language family
  
AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianOceanicSouthern OceanicVanuatuNorthern VanuatuEast VanuatuLöyöp

Löyöp [løjøp] (also known as Lehalurup) is a language spoken on the east coast of Ureparapara Island in the Banks Islands of Vanuatu. It is distinct from Lehali, the language spoken on the west coast of the same island.

Phonology

Löyöp has 11 phonemic vowels. These are ten short monophthongs /i ɪ ɛ æ a œ ø y ɔ ʊ/, and one diphthong /i͡ɛ/.

References

Löyöp language Wikipedia