Tiang language

For the African animal known as a Tiang, see Korrigum.

Tiang
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	(790 cited 1972)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian (New Ireland) Tungag–Nalik Tiang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tbj
Glottolog	tian1237

Languages of the New Ireland languages group

The Tiang language, also known as Djaul, is a language spoken in Papua New Guinea.^[2]

Overview

It is spoken on Dyaul Island and in 1972 there were 790 speakers reported by Beaumont.^[2] On that island Tigak and Tok Pisin are also spoken. Tigak is predominant on the northern half of the island and Tiang on the southern half.^[3] The former may be related closely to Tiang. It is also spoken on some other nearby areas in New Ireland Province. The language has a subject–verb–object structure order.^[2] The people that speak this language are swidden agriculturalists.^[2] There is very little data available for this language.^[4]

References

1. Tiang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Tiang, Ethnologue, 2012, access date 05-01-2012
3. Languages of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea map 2, reference number 34, 2012, access date 05-01-2012
4. The Nalik language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Craig Alan Volker, 1998, Peter Lang Press/University of Virginia, ISBN 0-8204-3673-9, ISBN 978-0-8204-3673-9

External links

• Map of where Tiang is spoken in Papua New Guinea
• Paradisec has a collection of Malcolm Ross's (MR1) that includes Tiang language materials.