Region Tangoa Island, Vanuatu ISO 639-3 tgp | Native speakers 800 (2001) Glottolog tang1347 | |
Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Southern Oceanic
Northern Vanuatu
Northeast Vanuatu – Banks Islands
West Santo
Tangoa | ||
Tangoa, or Movono, is an Oceanic language spoken on Tangoa Island, south of Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu.
Characteristics
Tangoa is one of the few languages of Vanuatu, and indeed of the world, possessing a set of linguolabial consonants.
References
Tangoa language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA