SJR ISO 639-3
Siar-Lak
ep warwar anun dat Autonym
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- sjr
- Alternate Names
- Lak, Lamassa, Lambom, Siar
- Autonym
- ep warwar anun dat
- Population
- 2,500 (Rowe 2005).
- Location:
- New Ireland province: Namatanai district.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous).
- 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
- Used by all. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Rowe 2005). Some also use English [eng] (Rowe 2005). Used as L2 by Kandas [kqw], Konomala [koa], Label [lbb].
- Language Development
- Taught in primary schools. Bible portions: 2007–2012.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Siar-Lak
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian, traditional religion.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: New Ireland province: Namatanai district.
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