The Tiang language, also known as Djaul, is a language spoken in Papua New Guinea.Tiang, Ethnologue, 2012, access date 05-01-2012
Overview It is spoken on Dyaul Island and in 1972 there were 790 speakers reported by Beaumont. On that island Tigak and Tok Pisin are also spoken. Tigak is predominant on the northern half of the island and Tiang on the southern half.Languages of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea map 2, reference number 34, 2012, access date 05-01-2012 The former may be related closely to Tiang. It is also spoken on some other nearby areas in New Ireland Province. The language has a subject–verb–object structure order. The people that speak this language are swidden agriculturalists. There had been very little data available for this language, before a reference grammar was published.The Nalik language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Craig Alan Volker, 1998, Peter Lang Press/University of Virginia, , A Comprehensive Grammar of Tiang, Holz, Christoph (2023). CQUniversity. Thesis. https://doi.org/10.25946/25182350
References
External links Map of where Tiang is spoken in Papua New Guinea Paradisec has a collection of Malcolm Ross's (MR1) that includes Tiang language materials.