New Ireland languages
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| New Ireland Languages | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Melanesia |
| Genetic classification: | Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Meso-Melanesian New Ireland |
The family of New Ireland languages is a subgroup of the Meso Melanesian languages. It consists of about 60 languages. They are largely spoken on the island of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea and in the northern Solomon Islands.
Components
- Lavongai-Nalik languages
- *Kara
- *Mandara
- *Nalik
- *Tiang
- *Tigak
- *Tungag
- Madak languages
- *Barok
- *Lavatbura-Lamusong
- *Madak
- South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic languages
- *Bilur
- *Choiseul languages
- *Mono-Uruava languages
- *Nehan-North Bougainville languages
- *New Georgia languages
- *Patpatar-Tolai languages
- *Piva-Banoni languages
- *Santa Isabel languages
- Tabar languages
- *Lihir
- *Notsi
- Tomoip
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