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Tigak

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: tgc

Population	6,000 (1991 SIL).
Region	Northern New Ireland Province, Kavieng District, west Djaul Island.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 2, reference number 33
Alternate names	Omo
Dialects	Island Tigak, West Tigak, Central Tigak, South Tigak.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, Lavongai-Nalik
Language development	Grammar. Bible portions: 1912–1972.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SVO. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. n.d.. Tigak Organised Phonology Data.  

JENKINS, Rebecca Sue, author. 2000. Language contact and composite structures in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.

JENKINS, Rebecca Sue, author. 2005. Language Contact and Composite Structures in New Ireland.  

JENKINS, Sue, author. 1998. Aspects of Island Tigak phonology.