Nalik language

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The Nalik language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on New Ireland in Papua New Guinea by the Nalik people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nalik language canonical 5

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
country Papua New Guinea
geographicDistribution east coast of New Ireland
northern New Ireland
hasAlternativeName Nalik
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable
hasEthnicGroup Nalik people
hasLanguageStatus minority language in Papua New Guinea
hasLinguisticFeature phonemic vowel length
rich consonant inventory typical of Oceanic languages
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order (subject–verb–object)
ISO639-3Code nal
isRelatedTo Kuanua language
Notsi language
Tigak language
isSpokenPrimarilyOn New Ireland in Papua New Guinea
isUsedFor daily communication among Nalik people
isUsedIn traditional oral literature of the Nalik people
languageFamily Austronesian languages
region New Ireland
spokenBy Nalik people
spokenIn New Ireland Province
Papua New Guinea
spokenOn New Ireland
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
subgroup Meso-Melanesian languages
Oceanic languages
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tigak lexicalSimilarity Nalik language
Nalik hasAlternativeName Nalik language
Western Bismarck languages hasMember Nalik language
New Irelanders usesLanguage Nalik language