Laeko language

{{Short description|Torricelli language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Laeko

|nativename=Laeko-Libuat

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Sandaun Province

|coordinates={{coord|-3.69819|142.290141|type:city_region:PG|name=Leiko|display=inline}}

|speakers=ca. 720

|date=2003

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Torricelli

|fam2=Maimai

|iso3=lkl

|glotto=laek1243

|glottorefname=Laeko-Libuat

}}

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Laeko, or Laeko-Libuat (pronounced Limbuat), is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea.

It is spoken in Leiko ({{coord|-3.69819|142.290141|type:city_region:PG|name=Leiko}}) and Libuat ({{coord|-3.704849|142.284472|type:city_region:PG|name=Libuat}}) villages of Leiko ward, Maimai Wanwan Rural LLG, Nuku District, Sandaun Province.{{cite web |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/PG/languages |title=Papua New Guinea languages |work=Ethnologue: Languages of the World |edition=22nd |editor1-last=Eberhard |editor1-first=David M. |editor2-last=Simons |editor2-first=Gary F. |editor3-last=Fennig |editor3-first=Charles D. |date=2019 |location=Dallas |publisher=SIL International}}{{cite web |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/village-coordinates-lookup |title=Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup |author=United Nations in Papua New Guinea |work=Humanitarian Data Exchange |version=1.31.9 |date=2018}}