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Nethalp language

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Native to
  
Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
  
lnn

Native speakers
  
340 (2000)

Glottolog
  
lore1244

Region
  
Santo Island, east coast

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic Northern Vanuatu East Santo South Nethalp

Nethalp, or Lorediakarkar, is a language of the East Santo languages, a group of languages in the Austronesian family of Languages. It is spoken by about 340 people out of an ethnic population of 850 on Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu. It is close to the Shark Bay language.

References

Nethalp language Wikipedia