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 (consisting of Tiari, Balade and Arama) and Belep are not mutually intelligible.

References

  1. ↑ Nyâlayu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Nyalayu/Belep". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Balade". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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