Native to Papua New Guinea ISO 639-3 tbj | Native speakers (790 cited 1972) Glottolog tian1237 | |
Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western
Meso-Melanesian
(New Ireland)
Tungag–Nalik
Tiang | ||
The Tiang language also known as Djaul is a language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Overview
It is spoken on Dyaul Island and in 1972 there were 790 speakers reported by Beaumont. On that island Tigak and Tok Pisin are also spoken. Tigak is predominant on the northern half of the island and Tiang on the southern half. The former may be related closely to Tiang. It is also spoken on some other nearby areas in New Ireland Province. The language has a subject-verb-object structure order. The people that speak this language are swidden agriculturalists. There is very little data available for this language.
References
Tiang language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA