PSS ISO 639-3
Kaulong
Kaulong Autonym
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- pss
- Alternate Names
- Kowlong, Pasismanua
- Autonym
- Kaulong
- Population
- 4,000 (2000 D. Tryon).
- Location:
- West New Britain province: Kandrian district, southwest.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Vitiaz, Southwest New Britain, Arawe-Pasismanua, Pasismanua
- Dialects
- Kaulong, East Inland Kaulong. Miu [mpo], Aighon [aix], and Senseng [ssz] may be dialects (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
- Typology
- SVO; prepositions; noun head initial; noun classes (common and proper); dual and paucal numbers; aspect markers; 14 consonants and 5 vowels; stress on final syllable of verb and penultimate syllable of noun; inclusive/exclusive pronouns; alienable/inalienable possession; verb serialization.
- Language Use
- Also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Ambul [apo].
- Language Development
- NT: 2015.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Kaulong
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: West New Britain province: Kandrian district, southwest.
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