Southeast Ambrym language
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Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
Southeast Ambrym | |
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Taveak | |
Native to | Vanuatu |
Region | Ambrym Island |
Native speakers | 3,700 (2001)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tvk |
Glottolog | sout2859 |
Southeast Ambrym is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Southeast Ambrym, Vatlongos, or Taveak, is a language of Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. It is closely related to Paamese.
Phonology
Consonants
Labial Alveolar Velar Glottal Nasal m n ŋ Stop voiceless p t k prenasal ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ Fricative v s x h Lateral l Trill r
Vowels
References
- ^ Southeast Ambrym at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Crowley, Terry (2002). Southeast Ambrym. In John Lynch and Malcolm Ross and Terry Crowley (eds.), The Oceanic Languages: Richmond: Curzon. pp. 660–670.
External links
- Eleanor Ridge. "Vatlongos, Southeast Ambrym (Vanuatu)" (PDF). Language Contexts.
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