| Central Vanuatu | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Vanuatu |
| Linguistic classification: | Austronesian
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| Subdivisions: |
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| Ethnologue code: | 3006-16 |
The languages of the Central Vanuatu family belong to the Nuclear Southern Oceanic language family. There are half a dozen languages, all spoken in the province of Shefa, central Vanuatu, on the islands of Epi, Éfaté, and the many small islands of the Shepherds Group.
The primary division is between Namakir, of the Shepherds Islands, and the languages of Efate: