Nalik language
Encyclopedia
The Nalik language is spoken by approximately 5,000 people, based in 17 villages in Kavieng District
, New Ireland
, Papua New Guinea
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It is part of the New Ireland languages
group, one of the many Austronesian languages
of Papua New Guinea. The language has an SVO phrase structure. Its ISO code is nal.
Kavieng District
Kavieng District is the northernmost district of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. The district contains the northern part of the island of New Ireland, as well as New Hannover, and the St. Matthias Group....
, New Ireland
New Ireland (island)
New Ireland is a large island in Papua New Guinea, approximately 7,404 km² in area. It is the largest island of the New Ireland Province, lying northeast of the island of New Britain. Both islands are part of the Bismarck Archipelago, named after Otto von Bismarck, and they are separated by...
, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
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It is part of the New Ireland languages
New Ireland languages
The New Ireland languages are a group of the Meso-Melanesian languages. They are largely spoken on the island of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea.-Composition:...
group, one of the many Austronesian languages
Austronesian languages
The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia that are spoken by about 386 million people. It is on par with Indo-European, Niger-Congo, Afroasiatic and Uralic as one of the...
of Papua New Guinea. The language has an SVO phrase structure. Its ISO code is nal.