Nyâlayu language

Nyâlayu
Pronunciation [jãlɑjʊ]
Native to New Caledonia
Native speakers
2,000 (2009 census)[1]
Dialects
Tiari-Balade
Belep
Arama
Language codes
ISO 639-3 yly
Glottolog nyal1254  (Nyalayu/Belep)[2]
bala1316  (Balade)[3]

Nyâlayu (Yâlayu, Nyelâyu) is a Kanak language of northern New Caledonia. The purported dialects Balade and Belep are not mutually intelligible.

References

  1. Nyâlayu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nyalayu/Belep". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Balade". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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