South Efate language
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| South Éfaté Fate, Erakor |
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| Spoken in: | Northeast Vanuatu | |
| Region: | Éfaté Island | |
| Total speakers: | 6,000 | |
| Language family: | Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Central-Eastern MP Eastern MP Oceanic Central-Eastern Southern Oceanic Nuclear Southern Oceanic South Efate-Southern Melanesian South Éfaté |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | map | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | erk | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
The South Efate language is a Nuclear Southern Oceanic language of the Malayo-Polynesian language family, spoken on the island of Éfaté in central Vanuatu. As of 2005, there are approximately 6,000 speakers who live in coastal villages from Pango to Eton. The language's grammar has been described by Nick Thieberger, who is working on a book of stories and dictionary of the language. The field recordings have been archived with Paradisec.
[edit] External links
- Topics in the grammar and documentation of South Efate, an Oceanic language of Central Vanuatu by Nicholas Thieberger
- South Efate at Ethnologue
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