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Port Sandwich language

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Native to
  
Vanuatu

Native speakers
  
1,200 (2001)

Glottolog
  
port1285

Region
  
Malekula

ISO 639-3
  
psw

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North Vanuatu Malekula Coastal Port Sandwich

Port Sandwich, or Lamap, is an Oceanic language spoken in southeast Malekula, Vanuatu, on the eastern tip of the island. It was first described in 1979 by French linguist Jean-Michel Charpentier.

Nisvai is a separate language.

References

Port Sandwich language Wikipedia