Nisvai language
| Nisvai | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Malekula |
Native speakers | 200 (2001)[1] |
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Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
None (mis) |
| Glottolog |
nisv1234[2] |
Nisvai is an Oceanic language spoken in southeast Malekula, Vanuatu, on the eastern tip of the island, by about 200 speakers.[3][1]
The languages surrounding Nisvai include, or used to include, Port Sandwich, Nasvang, Sörsörian, Axamb and Avok.[3]
References
- 1 2 Lynch, John & Terry Crowley. 2001. Languages of Vanuatu: A new survey and bibliography. Canberra: Australian National University.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Nisvai". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 1 2 Charpentier, Jean-Michel (1982). Atlas linguistique du Sud - Malekula—Linguistic Atlas of South Malekula (Vanuatu). Paris: Centre National de la Recherche.
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