Taulil language

{{Short description|East New Britain language of Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Taulil

|nativename=

|region=New Britain

|ethnicity=

|speakers=2,000

|date=2012

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=East New Britain

|fam2=Taulil–Butam

|map2=Lang Status 80-VU.svg

|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|Taulil is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

|iso3=tuh

|glotto=taul1251

|glottorefname=Taulil

}}

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

It is spoken in Kadaulung village of ({{coord|-4.452603|152.118398|type:city_region:PG|name=Kadaulung N0.2}}) of Inland Baining Rural LLG, and in Taulil 1 ({{coord|-4.413301|152.092147|type:city_region:PG|name=Taulil No.1}}) and Taulil 2 ({{coord|-4.419937|152.087372|type:city_region:PG|name=Taulil No.2}}) villages of Vunadidir/Toma Rural LLG.{{cite web |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/village-coordinates-lookup |title=Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup |author=United Nations in Papua New Guinea |work=Humanitarian Data Exchange |version=1.31.9 |date=2018}}

Butam (now extinct) is related. Like the Butam, the Taulil people trace their ancestry to New Ireland.{{cite book |last1=Stebbins |first1=Tonya |last2=Evans |first2=Bethwyn |last3=Terrill |first3=Angela |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The Papuan languages of Island Melanesia |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=775–894 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}