Nyâlayu language
| Nyâlayu | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | [jãlɑjʊ] |
| Native to | New Caledonia |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2009 census)[1] |
|
Austronesian
| |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
yly |
| Glottolog |
nyal1254 (Nyalayu/Belep)[2]bala1316 (Balade)[3] |
Nyâlayu (Yâlayu, Nyelâyu) is a Kanak language of northern New Caledonia. The purported dialects Balade (consisting of Tiari, Balade and Arama) and Belep are not mutually intelligible.
References
- ↑ Nyâlayu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Nyalayu/Belep". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Balade". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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