New Ireland languages
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New Ireland Languages | |
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Spoken in: | Melanesia |
Genetic classification: |
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian |
The family of New Ireland languages is a subgroup of the Meso-Melanesian languages. It consists of about 60 languages. They are largely spoken on the island of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea and in the northern Solomon Islands.
[edit] Components
- Lavongai-Nalik languages
- Kara
- Mandara
- Nalik
- Tiang
- Tigak
- Tungag
- Madak languages
- Barok
- Lavatbura-Lamusong
- Madak
- South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic languages
- Tabar languages
- Lihir
- Notsi
- Tomoip