Siar-Lak language

Not to be confused with Lak language.
Siar
Lak
ep warwar anun dat
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionNew Ireland Province
Native speakers
2,100 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3sjr
Glottologsiar1238

Siar, also known as Lak, Lamassa, or Likkilikki, is an Austronesian language spoken in New Ireland Province in the southern island point of Papua New Guinea. Lak is in the Patpatar-Tolai sub-group, which then falls under the New Ireland-Tolai group in the Western Oceanic language, a sub-group within the Austronesian family.[2] The Siar people keep themselves sustained and nourished by fishing and gardening.[3] The native people call their language ep warwar anun dat, which means 'our language'.[4]

  1. ^ Siar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Lean 1991
  3. ^ Rowe 2005
  4. ^ "Siar language and alphabet". www.omniglot.com.