Patpatar-Tolai languages

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Patpatar-Tolai languages
Spoken in:	Melanesia
Genetic classification:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian   Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian    Eastern Malayo-Polynesian     Oceanic      Western Oceanic       Meso-Melanesian        New Ireland         South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic          Patpatar-Tolai

The family of Patpatar-Tolai languages is a subgroup of the South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic languages. It consists of ten languages. They are largely spoken on the island of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea.

[edit] Components

• Patpatar
• Guramalum
• Konomala
• Kandas
• Kuanua
• Label
• Ramoaaina
• Siar-Lak
• Sursurunga
• Tangga