Native speakers 20 (2010) Glottolog nese1235 | ISO 639-3 None (mis) | |
Region Matanvat area, northwest Malakula, Vanuatu Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Southern Oceanic
North Vanuatu
Northeast–Banks Islands
Malekula Coastal
Nese | ||
Nese is a moribund Oceanic language or dialect known by no more than twenty people in the Matanvat area of the northwest tip of the island of Malakula in Vanuatu. It is now rarely spoken, having been replaced as a primary mode of communication by Bislama.
Nese is one of the few languages to have linguolabial consonants.
References
Nese language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA