Olo language
| Olo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea | 
| Region | Sandaun Province | 
| Native speakers | 14,000 (2003) | 
| Torricelli
 
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| Dialects | 
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ong | 
| Glottolog | oloo1241 | 
| ELP | Olo | 
Olo (Orlei) is a non-Austronesian, Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. The language is spoken in 55 villages, from the Aitape Township (north) to the Sandaun Province (south), and is at risk of going extinct. Olo is believed to be a Goal Oriented Activation language, meaning the speaker chooses their words with an idea of what they are trying to achieve with the listener in mind, this has been labeled as referential theory. Referential theory has been divided into four groupings, all of which come with disadvantages, recency, episodes, prominence, and memorial activation.