Nyâlayu language

Nyâlayu
Pronunciation [jãlɑjʊ]
Native to New Caledonia
Native speakers
2,000 (2009 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Tiari-Balade
  • Belep
  • Arama
Language codes
ISO 639-3 yly
Glottolog nyal1254  (Nyalayu/Belep)[2]
bala1316  (Balade)[3]

Nyâlayu (Yâlayu, Nyelâyu) is a Kanak language of northern New Caledonia. The purported dialects Balade (consisting of Tiari, Balade and Arama) and Belep are not mutually intelligible.

References

  1. Nyâlayu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Nyalayu/Belep". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Balade". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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