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Malekula Interior languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
Malakula, Vanuatu

Linguistic classification:
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North Vanuatu Malekula Interior

Subdivisions:
  
Labo Malekula Central Small Nambas

Glottolog:
  
None mala1539  (Malakula)

The dozen Malekula Interior languages are a branch of the North Vanuatu languages.

Languages

The languages have been classified as follows:

  • Ninde (Labo)
  • Small Nambas
  • Letemboi
  • Repanbitip
  • Dixon Reef
  • Nasarian
  • Malekula Central
  • Avava (Katbol)
  • Lingarak (Neverver)
  • Vinmavis (Neve'ei)
  • Litzlitz (Naman)
  • Larevat
  • Maragus
  • Big Nambas

    • A number of other, critically endangered or recently extinct languages are or were spoken in the interior of Malekula, and presumably belong with the Malekula Interior languages. They are Aveteian, Navwien, Sörsörian. Nisvai–Nasvang–Navwien form a dialect chain, as do Nitita and Vivti.

    References

    Malekula Interior languages Wikipedia
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