Tiang language

Tiang
Tiang
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	(790 cited 1972)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian (New Ireland) Tungag–Nalik Tiang; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tbj
Glottolog	tian1237
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The Tiang language, also known as Djaul, is a language spoken in Papua New Guinea.^[2]

Overview

It is spoken on Dyaul Island and in 1972 there were 790 speakers reported by Beaumont.^[2] On that island Tigak and Tok Pisin are also spoken. Tigak is predominant on the northern half of the island and Tiang on the southern half.^[3] The former may be related closely to Tiang. It is also spoken on some other nearby areas in New Ireland Province. The language has a subject–verb–object structure order.^[2] The people that speak this language are swidden agriculturalists.^[2] There is very little data available for this language.^[4]

References

^ Tiang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tiang, Ethnologue, 2012, access date 05-01-2012
^ Languages of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea map 2, reference number 34, 2012, access date 05-01-2012
^ The Nalik language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Craig Alan Volker, 1998, Peter Lang Press/University of Virginia, ISBN 0-8204-3673-9, ISBN 978-0-8204-3673-9

External links

Map of where Tiang is spoken in Papua New Guinea
Paradisec has a collection of Malcolm Ross's (MR1) that includes Tiang language materials.

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[e18-1] Tiang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[ethno-2] Tiang, Ethnologue, 2012, access date 05-01-2012

[3] Languages of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea map 2, reference number 34, 2012, access date 05-01-2012

[4] The Nalik language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Craig Alan Volker, 1998, Peter Lang Press/University of Virginia, ISBN 0-8204-3673-9, ISBN 978-0-8204-3673-9

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