Malol language
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| Malol | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province |
Native speakers | (4,600 cited 2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mbk |
| Glottolog | malo1245 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Malol is an Austronesian language of the Malol village area (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) in Mainyen ward, West Aitape Rural LLG, coastal Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.[1][2] Malol is spoken by an estimated 4,600 speakers.[1]
Features
[edit | edit source]Malol has 5 vowels and 14 consonants. Grammatically, the language uses SVO constituent order. Its closest relative is Sissano, of which it was considered a dialect until around 2005.[3]
External links
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Malol at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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