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Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
| Akei | |
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| Tasiriki | |
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Espiritu Santo |
Native speakers | (650 cited 1981) [1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
tsr |
| Glottolog |
akei1237 |
 Akei is not endangered according to the classification system of the
UNESCO
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Akei, or Tasiriki, is an Oceanic dialect chain spoken on the southwest coast of Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu.
Name
The alternate name Tasiriki literally means "small water" (tasi "water", riki "small").
References
- ^ Akei at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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