Malekula Central languages
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The family of Malekula Central languages is a subgroup of the Malekula Interior languages
. It consists of 8 language
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A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database fully supported the unity of four Malekula Central languages, dividing them into two groups, Tape-Naman, and Neve'ei-Avava.
Malekula Interior languages
-Languages:The Malekula languages have been divided into interior and coastal groups. However, this classification is not well supported. According to a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database, the interior and some of the coastal languages, such as Nahavaq, are related as a...
. It consists of 8 language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
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Languages
The languages are,- Big NambasBig Nambas languageBig Nambas is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about 1,800 people in northwest Malekula, Vanuatu. Approximately nineteen villages in the Big Nambas region of the Malekula Interior use the language exclusively with no variation in dialect. It was studied in-depth over a period of about 10...
- Lingarak
- Larevat
- Litzlitz (Naman)
- Maragus
- Nasarian
- Katbol (Avava)
- Vinmavis (Neve'ei)
- Uripiv
A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database fully supported the unity of four Malekula Central languages, dividing them into two groups, Tape-Naman, and Neve'ei-Avava.