Tigak

E146926

Tigak is an Austronesian language of the Meso-Melanesian subgroup spoken primarily in parts of Papua New Guinea.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tigak canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Tigak language ⓘ
Tigak-Nalik (in some classifications) ⓘ
belongsTo Western Oceanic languages ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicity Tigak people ⓘ
glottologName Tigak ⓘ
hasDomain oral literature ⓘ
traditional culture ⓘ
vernacular communication ⓘ
hasGlottocode tiga1241 ⓘ
hasLinguisticArea Melanesia ⓘ
hasMorphology agglutinative features ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage Lihir ⓘ
Mali (New Ireland) ⓘ
Nalik ⓘ
Notsi ⓘ
hasPhonology typical Oceanic consonant and vowel inventory ⓘ
hasSource Ethnologue ⓘ
Glottolog ⓘ
hasTypology predominantly SVO word order ⓘ
ISO639-3 tgc ⓘ
isPartOf New Ireland language cluster ⓘ
linked to: New Ireland
languageBranch Oceanic ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian ⓘ
languageStatus minority language ⓘ
languageSubgroup Meso-Melanesian ⓘ
lexicalSimilarity Lihir language ⓘ
Nalik language ⓘ
Notsi language ⓘ
macroArea Papunesia ⓘ
region New Ireland Province ⓘ
spokenIn New Ireland ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
nearby smaller islands off New Ireland ⓘ
subfamilyOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ
usedFor daily communication within Tigak communities ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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