Laxudumau language

{{Short description|Austronesian language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Laxudumau

|altname=Lakurumau

|region=New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea

|speakers=800

|date=2020

|ref=e24

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Western

|fam5=Meso-Melanesian

|fam6=(New Ireland)

|fam7=Tungag–Nalik

|script=

|map2=Lang Status 80-VU.svg

|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|Laxudumau is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

|iso3=lxm

|glotto=laku1238

|glottorefname=Lakuramau

|pushpin_map=Papua New Guinea#Southeast Asia

|coordinates={{coord|-2.883|151.250}}

}}

Laxudumau (Lakurumau), spoken in the village of Lakurumau on the island of New Ireland,{{Cite journal |last=Mazzitelli |first=Lidia Federica |date=2020 |title=Documentation of Lakurumau: Making the Case for One More Language in Papua New Guinea |journal=Language Documentation & Conservation |language=en |volume=14 |pages=215–237 |hdl-access=free |hdl=10125/24922}} is an Austronesian language transitional between Nalik and Kara.