East Ambae language

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East Ambae
Spoken in: Ambae, Vanuatu
Total speakers: ~5,000 (1991)
Language family: Austronesian
 Malayo-Polynesian
  Central-Eastern
   Eastern
    Oceanic
     Central-Eastern
      Remote
       North and Central Vanuatu
        NE Vanuatu-Banks Islands
         East Vanuatu
          East Ambae
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: map
ISO/FDIS 639-3: omb

East Ambae (also known as Omba, Oba, Aoba, Walurigi, Northeast Aoba, and Northeast Ambae) is an Oceanic language spoken on Ambae, Vanuatu.

[edit] References

  • Ivens, W. G. (1940). "A Grammar of the Language of Lobaha, Lepers' Island, New Hebrides, Melanesia". Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London 10 (2): 345–363.
  • Hyslop, Catriona. (2001). The Lolovoli Dialect of the North-East Ambae Language, Vanuatu. Pacific Linguistics, Canberra. PL 515.

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