Southwest Tanna language

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Southwest Tanna
Nawal
Native to Vanuatu
Region Tanna Island
Native speakers
4,500 (2011) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nwi
Glottolog sout2869
Lang Status 99-NE.svg
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]

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References

  1. Southwest Tanna at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. John Lynch (1982). "South-West Tanna Grammar Outline and Vocabulary". Papers in Linguistics of Melanesia. 4.