Dialects Laxudumau? ISO 639-3 nal | ||
Native speakers (5,100 cited 1990 census) Language family AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianOceanicWesternMeso-Melanesian(New Ireland)Tungag–NalikNalik | ||
The Nalik language is spoken by 5,000 or so people, based in 17 villages in Kavieng District, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. It is an Austronesian language with an SVO phrase structure.
Laxudumau, spoken in the village of Lakudumau, may be a transitional dialect to Kara or a separate language.
References
Nalik language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA