Taulil language

Taulil is a Papuan language spoken in East New Britain Province on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Taulil
RegionNew Britain
Native speakers
2,000 (2012)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tuh
Glottologtaul1251
ELPTaulil
Taulil is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

It is spoken in Kadaulung village of (4.452603°S 152.118398°E / -4.452603; 152.118398 (Kadaulung N0.2)) of Inland Baining Rural LLG, and in Taulil 1 (4.413301°S 152.092147°E / -4.413301; 152.092147 (Taulil No.1)) and Taulil 2 (4.419937°S 152.087372°E / -4.419937; 152.087372 (Taulil No.2)) villages of Vunadidir/Toma Rural LLG.[1][2]

Butam (now extinct) is related. Like the Butam, the Taulil people trace their ancestry to New Ireland.[3]

Phonology

Taulil has the following consonants:[3]

BilabialAlveolarPalatalVelar
Plosive (voiceless) ptk
Plosive (voiced) bdɡ
Nasal mnŋ
Tap/Flap ɾ
Fricative β
Approximant j
Lateral approximant l

References
  1. Taulil at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  3. Stebbins, Tonya; Evans, Bethwyn; Terrill, Angela (2018). "The Papuan languages of Island Melanesia". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 775–894. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  • Meng, Chenxi (2018). A grammar of Tulil (Ph.D. thesis). La Trobe University. hdl:1959.9/565684.


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