Kaulong

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
pss
Alternate Names
Kowlong, Pasismanua
Autonym
Kaulong
User Population

4,000 (2000 D. Tryon).

Location

West New Britain province: Kandrian district, southwest.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Vitiaz, Southwest New Britain, Arawe-Pasismanua, Pasismanua
Dialects

Kaulong, East Inland Kaulong. Miu [mpo], Aighon [aix], and Senseng [ssz] may be dialects (Wurm and Hattori 1981).

Typology

SVO; prepositions; noun head initial; noun classes (common and proper); dual and paucal numbers; aspect markers; 14 consonants and 5 vowels; stress on final syllable of verb and penultimate syllable of noun; inclusive/exclusive pronouns; alienable/inalienable possession; verb serialization.

Language Use

Also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Ambul [apo].

Language Development

NT: 2015.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kaulong
Writing

Latin script [Latn].