Nasvang language

Nasvang
Native to Vanuatu
Region Malekula
Native speakers
275 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog nasv1234[2]

Nasvang is an Oceanic language spoken in southeast Malekula, Vanuatu,[3] by about 275 speakers.[1]

The languages surrounding Nasvang include, or used to include, Port Sandwich, Nisvai, Sörsörian, Axamb and Navwien.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Lynch, John & Terry Crowley. 2001. Languages of Vanuatu: A new survey and bibliography. Canberra: Australian National University.
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nasvang". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. 1 2 Charpentier, Jean-Michel (1982). Atlas linguistique du Sud - Malekula—Linguistic Atlas of South Malekula (Vanuatu). Paris: Centre National de la Recherche..
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