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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Nalik

Nalik

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3nal

Population  5,140 (1990 census).
Region  New Ireland Province, north central, Kavieng on the east coast, 14 villages; west coast, 3 villages. Some in urban areas.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 2, reference number 36
Alternate names   Fesoa, Fessoa, Lugagon
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, Lavongai-Nalik
Comments  SVO. Swidden agriculturalists; cacao plantations; fishermen; oil palm.