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Nisvai language

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Native to
  
Vanuatu

Native speakers
  
200 (2001)

Glottolog
  
nisv1234

Region
  
Malekula

ISO 639-3
  
None (mis)

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North Vanuatu Malekula Interior? Nisvai–Nasvang–Navwien Nisvai

Nisvai is an Oceanic language spoken in southeast Malekula, Vanuatu, on the eastern tip of the island, by about 200 speakers.

The languages surrounding Nisvai include, or used to include, Port Sandwich, Nasvang, Sörsörian, Axamb and Avok.

References

Nisvai language Wikipedia