Vurës language
| Vurës | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Vanua Lava |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2012)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
msn |
| Glottolog |
vure1239[2] |
Vurës and Mwesen (Mosina) are two dialects spoken in Vanua Lava Island in Vanuatu. Taken together, they form the main language of the island, with about 2000 speakers.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 François (2012:88)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Vures". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
References
- François, Alexandre (2012), "The dynamics of linguistic diversity: Egalitarian multilingualism and power imbalance among northern Vanuatu languages", International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 214: 85–110, doi:10.1515/ijsl-2012-0022.
- Malau, Catriona (2016), A grammar of Vurës, Vanuatu, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, ISBN 978-1-5015-0364-1.
External links
- Vurës—English dictionary, by Catriona Malau.
- Audio recordings in the Vurës language, in open access: Mwesen dialect, Vurës dialect, by A. François (source: Pangloss Collection of CNRS–LACITO).
- Kpwet, the Trickster God: A story in Mwesen, presented in trilingual format (by A. François)
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