| Tiang | |
| States: | Papua New Guinea |
| Speakers: | 790 |
| Date: | 1972 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Oceanic |
| Fam4: | Western |
| Fam5: | Meso-Melanesian |
| Fam6: | (New Ireland) |
| Fam7: | Tungag–Nalik |
| Iso3: | tbj |
| Glotto: | tian1237 |
| Glottorefname: | Tiang |
| Notice: | IPA |
The Tiang language, also known as Djaul, is a language spoken in Papua New Guinea.[1]
It is spoken on Dyaul Island and in 1972 there were 790 speakers reported by Beaumont.[1] 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.[2] 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.[1] The people that speak this language are swidden agriculturalists.[1] There is very little data available for this language.[3]