Dialects Laxudumau? ISO 639-3 nal | Writing system Latin script | |
Region New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea Native speakers (5,100 cited 1990 census) Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western
Meso-Melanesian
(New Ireland)
Tungag–Nalik
Nalik | ||
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