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Olo

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: ong

Population	13,700 (2003 SIL).
Region	Sandaun Province, Lumi District. 55 villages.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 3, reference number 93
Alternate names	Orlei
Dialects	Payi (Pay, North Olo), Wapi (Wape, South Olo). Related to Yis [yis], Yau [yyu], Ningil [niz], Valman [van].
Classification	Torricelli, Wapei-Palei, Wapei
Language development	NT: 1997.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Different from Wapi [enq] in Enga Province. SVO. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 2011. Olo Organised Phonology Data.  

STALEY, William, author. 1994. "Theoretical implications of Olo verb reduplication."

STALEY, William, author. 1995. Referent management in Olo: a cognitive perspective.

STALEY, William, author. 1996. "The multiple processes of Olo verb reduplication."

STALEY, William, author. 2007. Referent management in Olo: a cognitive perspective.