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Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
| Southwest Tanna | |
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| Nawal | |
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Tanna Island |
Native speakers | 4,500 (2011) [1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
nwi |
| Glottolog |
sout2869 |
 Southwest Tanna is not endangered according to the classification system of the
UNESCO
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Southwest Tanna is a dialect chain spoken on the southwestern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. Lynch (1982) names three major dialects: Nivhaal in the north-west of the language area (spelt "Nauvhal" in publicity for the 2015 film Tanna), Nivai in the south-west, and Nelpwaai in the north-east. [2]
References
- ^ Southwest Tanna at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ John Lynch (1982). "South-West Tanna Grammar Outline and Vocabulary". Papers in Linguistics of Melanesia. 4.
External links
- Database of audio recordings in language of Tanna, Southwest - basic Catholic prayers
- Paradisec has two collections of Arthur Cappell's materials ( AC1, AC2) that include Southwest Tanna language materials.
- Nehrbass's Comprehensive lexicon contains data on the dialects of the Southwest Tanna language ( [1])
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