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Ngen language

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Native to
  
Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
  
ssv

Native speakers
  
450 (2001)

Region
  
Litaro (Pilot) Island, Shark Bay coast

Ethnicity
  
spoken by 40% (no date)

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

Ngen, or Shark Bay, is one of the East Santo languages group of languages. It is spoken on Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu. It has about 450 speakers. It is close to Lorediakarkar.

References

Ngen language Wikipedia