New Ireland languages

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New Ireland Languages
Spoken in:	Melanesia
Genetic classification:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian   Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian    Eastern Malayo-Polynesian     Oceanic      Western Oceanic       Meso-Melanesian        New Ireland

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
  • Bilur
  • Choiseul languages
  • Mono-Uruava languages
  • Nehan-North Bougainville languages
  • New Georgia languages
  • Patpatar-Tolai languages
  • Piva-Banoni languages
  • Santa Isabel languages
• Tabar languages
  • Lihir
  • Notsi
• Tomoip