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°27′09″S 152°07′06″E / 4.452603°S 152.118398°E / -4.452603; 152.118398 (Kadaulung N0.2)) of Inland Baining Rural LLG, and in Taulil 1 (4°24′48″S 152°05′32″E / 4.413301°S 152.092147°E / -4.413301; 152.092147 (Taulil No.1)) and Taulil 2 (4°25′12″S 152°05′15″E / 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

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Taulil has the following consonants:[3]

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Plosive (voiceless) p t k
Plosive (voiced) b d ɡ
Nasal m n ŋ
Tap/Flap ɾ
Fricative β
Approximant j
Lateral approximant l

References

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  1. ^ a b Taulil at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  2. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  3. ^ a b 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.