Tiang language

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

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

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
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Languages of the New Ireland languages group

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]