Malol language

Malol is an Austronesian language of the Malol village area (3.099291°S 142.226754°E / -3.099291; 142.226754 (Mainyeu (Malol))) in Mainyen ward, West Aitape Rural LLG, coastal Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.^[1][2] Malol is spoken by an estimated 4,600 speakers.^[1]

Malol
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province
Native speakers	(4,600 cited 2000)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Schouten Siau Malol
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mbk
Glottolog	malo1245

Features

Malol has 5 vowels and 14 consonants. Grammatically, the language uses SVO constituent order. Its closest relative is Sissano, of which it was considered a dialect until around 2005.^[3]

External links

• Paradisec has a number of collections that include Malol materials