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Tanimbili
Tanibili
Native to Solomon Islands
Region Utupua
Native speakers
(15 cited 1999) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tbe
Glottolog tani1255
ELP Tanimbili
Tanimbili is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Tanimbili (Tanibili), or Nyisunggu, is a nearly-extinct language spoken on the island of Utupua, in the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands. [1] [2]

Bibliography

  • Tryon, Darrell (1994). "Language contact and contact-induced language change in the Eastern Outer Islands, Solomon Islands". In Tom Dutton; Darrell Tryon (eds.). Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 611–648. ISBN  978-3-11-088309-1..

References

  1. ^ a b Tanimbili at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Tryon (1994).