Nalik language

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Nalik
Region	New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	5,100 (1990 census)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian (New Ireland) Tungag–Nalik Nalik
Dialects	Laxudumau?
Writing system	Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`nal`

The Nalik language is spoken by 5,000 or so people, based in 17 villages in Kavieng District, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. It is an Austronesian language with an SVO phrase structure.

Laxudumau, spoken in the village of Lakudumau, may be a transitional dialect to Kara or a separate language.

Notes

↑ Nalik reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

Bibliography

Volker, Dr. Craig. The Nalik Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. ISBN 0-8204-3673-9.

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