Lihiric

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Lihiric is an Oceanic language spoken by the Lihir people of the Lihir Islands in Papua New Guinea.

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Lihiric canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
language
closelyRelatedTo Kuanua language
Nalik language
Tigak language
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
endangermentStatus vulnerable
glottologCode lihi1237
glottologName Lihir
hasAlternativeName Lihir language
hasDomain Lihir culture
local media in Lihir Islands
hasEthnicPopulation Lihir people
hasISO639-3Code lih
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasNativeSpeakersIn Londolovit Island
Mahur Island
Masahet Island
Niolam Island
linked to: Aniolam Island
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
five-vowel system
prenasalized stops
hasTypologicalFeature SVO basic word order
prepositional language
isVernacularOf Lihir Islands
languageBranch Oceanic
languageFamily Austronesian
languageGroup Meso-Melanesian languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian
locatedInLinguisticArea Papuan Tip–North New Guinea contact zone
region New Ireland Province
spokenBy Lihir people
spokenIn Lihir Islands
Papua New Guinea
usedAlongside English
Tok Pisin
usedIn local education in Lihir Islands
traditional ceremonies of the Lihir people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Lihir hasAlternativeName Lihiric