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East Vanuatu languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
East Vanuatu

Linguistic classification:
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic Northeast Vanuatu – Banks Islands East Vanuatu

Glottolog:
  
nort3195  (partial match)

East Vanuatu is a group of languages spoken in the north-eastern areas of the Vanuatu archipelago. They form a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages .

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Languages

The languages included in the East Vanuatu group are, from north to south:

Torres and Banks Islands

Torres
  • Hiw
  • Lo-Toga (a.k.a. Toga)
    • Banks
  • Lehali
  • Löyöp (a.k.a. Lehalurup)
  • Mwotlap (a.k.a. Motlav)
  • Volow (a.k.a. Valuwa)
  • Alo-Teqel (extinct)
  • Lemerig
  • Vera'a (a.k.a. Vatrata)
  • Mwesen (a.k.a. Mosina)
  • Vurës (a.k.a. Vureas)
  • Mota
  • Nume
  • Dorig (a.k.a. Wetamut)
  • Koro
  • Olrat
  • Lakon (a.k.a. Lakona)
  • Mwerlap (a.k.a. Merlav)

    • Phonological, grammatical and lexical data on the 17 languages of the Torres and Banks Is can be found in François (2005, 2007, 2011); François (2012) is a sociolinguistic study of the area.

    Penama

    Ambae–Maewo family
  • Sungwadia (a.k.a. Marino)
  • Central Maewo (a.k.a. Peterara)
  • Baetora
  • East Ambae (a.k.a. Lolovoli)
  • West Ambae
    • Pentecost family
  • Raga (a.k.a. Hano)
  • Apma (a.k.a. Abma)
  • Ske
  • Sowa
  • Sa
  • North Ambrym
  • Fanbak

    • Paama–Ambrym

  • Paamese
  • Dakaka
  • Lonwolwol
  • Port Vato
  • Southeast Ambrym

    • References

    East Vanuatu languages Wikipedia
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