Siar-Lak

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
sjr
Alternate Names
Lak, Lamassa, Lambom, Siar
Population

2,080 (2000 census).

Location

New Ireland province: Namatanai district.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Patpatar-Tolai
Typology

SVO; prepositions; noun head both initial and final; noun classes (common 1, common 2, proper); dual and trial numbers; articles; 15 consonants and 5 vowels; stress on final syllable; inclusive/exclusive pronouns; alienable/inalienable possession; verb serialization.

Language Use

All ages. Also use English [eng], Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Kandas [kqw], Label [lbb].

Language Development
Bible portions: 2007–2012.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Siar-Lak
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

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