Nalik

E152615

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nalik canonical 10

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
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 script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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