Malekula Interior languages
Malekula Interior | |
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Geographic distribution | Malakula, Vanuatu |
Linguistic classification |
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Subdivisions |
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Glottolog |
None mala1539 (Malakula)[1] |
The dozen Malekula Interior languages are a branch of the North Vanuatu languages.
Languages
The languages have been classified as follows:[2]
- Ninde (Labo)
- Small Nambas
- Malekula Central
A number of other, critically endangered or recently extinct languages are or were spoken in the interior of Malekula, and presumably belong with the Malekula Interior languages. They are:
Some others form dialect chains:
See also
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Malakula". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Clark, Ross. 2009. *Leo Tuai: A comparative lexical study of North and Central Vanuatu languages. Canberra ACT.: Pacific Linguistics (Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University).
- ↑ Brotchie, A. (2009). "Tirax Grammar and Narrative: an Oceanic language spoken on Malakula, North Central Vanuatu". PhD Thesis, University of Melbourne. https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/36956
- ↑ Lynch & Crowley, 2001, Languages of Vanuatu: A New Survey and Bibliography. Australian National University.
- ↑ Charpentier, Jean-Michel (1982). Atlas linguistique du Sud-Malekula — Linguistic Atlas of South Malekula (Vanuatu). Paris: Centre National de la Recherche.
- ↑ Robert Blust, 2013, The Austronesian Languages
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