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Nume language

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Native to
  
Vanuatu

Native speakers
  
700 (2012)

Glottolog
  
nume1241

Region
  
Gaua

ISO 639-3
  
tgs

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic Vanuatu Northern Vanuatu East Vanuatu Nume

Nume (also called Gog and Tarasag) is an Oceanic language spoken on Gaua island in Vanuatu. Its 700 speakers live on the northeast coast of Gaua.

Nume is a distinct language from its immediate southern neighbors, Mwerlap and Dorig.

References

Nume language Wikipedia