The Niwer Mil language is spoken by 9,033 people on
Boang Island,
Malendok Island Malendok Island is an island of the Tanga Islands of Papua New Guinea, located to the east of New Ireland. It is located to the south-west of Boang Island Boang Island is an island of the Tanga Islands of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guine ...
,
Lif Island Lif Island is a small island of the Tanga Islands of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Pap ...
and
Tefa Island
Tefa Island is a small island of the Tanga Islands of Papua New Guinea, located to the east of New Ireland. It is located to the south of Malendok Island and south of Lif Island Lif Island is a small island of the Tanga Islands of Papua New Guine ...
in the
Tanga Islands,
Namatanai District of
New Ireland Province in
Papua New Guinea. It was split from the
Tangga language in 2013. It is one of the languages that form the
St George linkage
The St. George linkage links the North-West Solomonic and New Ireland languages under the Meso-Melanesian languages. Members of the St George linkage are Niwer Mil language, Warwar Feni, Fanamaket, Sursurunga, Konomala, Patpatar, Tolai, Ka ...
group of
Meso-Melanesian languages.
[Niwer Mil (Tanga Island) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)]
References
Languages of New Ireland Province
St George linkage
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