Siar-Lak language

Siar
Siar
Lak
ep warwar anun dat
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	New Ireland Province
Native speakers	2,100 (2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian (St George linkage) Siar; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sjr
Glottolog	siar1238

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. The Siar people keep themselves sustained and nourished by fishing and gardening. The native people call their language ep warwar anun dat, which means 'our language'.

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