Malol | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province |
Native speakers | (4,600 cited 2000) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mbk |
Glottolog | malo1245 |
Malol is an Austronesian language of the Malol village area ( 3°05′57″S142°13′36″E / 3.099291°S 142.226754°E ) 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 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]