Nalik

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Nalik is an Austronesian language spoken by a small community in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.

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Label Occurrences
Nalik canonical 9

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
belongsToMacroArea Papunesia
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
ethnicity Nalik people
hasAlternativeName Nalik language
Nalikian
hasDomain home
local trade
village
hasGlottocode nali1244
hasGlottologName Nalik self-link
hasLinguisticFeature phonemic vowel length (reported for many Oceanic languages)
rich verbal morphology (typical of Oceanic languages)
hasNeighborLanguage Kuanua
Mali (New Ireland language)
Tigak
hasSpeakerNumber several thousand speakers (approximate)
hasTypology SVO word order
isEndangered true
isMinorityLanguageIn Papua New Guinea
ISO639-3Code nal
isSpokenBy small community
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageStatus vulnerable
locatedNear Bismarck Sea
region New Ireland Province
spokenIn New Ireland
Papua New Guinea
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
subgroup Meso-Melanesian languages
Oceanic languages
usedFor daily communication in local communities
usedInDomain customary ceremonies
oral literature
traditional culture
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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