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North Efate language

North Efate language

Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu

North Efate, also known as Nakanamanga or Nguna, is an Oceanic language spoken on the northern area of Efate in Vanuatu, as well as on a number of islands off the northern coast – including Nguna, and parts of Tongoa, Emae and Epi.

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A Nakanamanga, or North Efate, speaker.

The population of speakers is recorded to be 9,500.[2] This makes Nakanamanga one of the largest languages of Vanuatu, an archipelago known for having the world's highest linguistic density.[3]

Phonology

The consonant and vowels sounds of North Efate (Nguna).[4]

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Subdialects of North Efate include:[5]

  • Buninga
  • Emau
  • Livara
  • Nguna
  • Paunangis
  • Sesake

Typology follows Subject Object Verb order as is observed in Nguna[2]

References

  • Ray, Sidney H. (1887). "Sketch of Nguna Grammar". The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 16. Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: 409–418. doi:10.2307/2841882. JSTOR 2841882.
  • Schütz, Albert J. (1969). "Nguna Grammar". Oceanic Linguistics Special Publications.

Notes

  1. [1]
    North Efate at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    "Efate, North". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  3. [3]
    François, Alexandre; Franjieh, Michael; Lacrampe, Sébastien; Schnell, Stefan (2015), "The exceptional linguistic density of Vanuatu", in François, Alexandre; Lacrampe, Sébastien; Franjieh, Michael; Schnell, Stefan (eds.), The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity, Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia, Canberra: Asia Pacific Linguistics Open Access, pp. 1–21, ISBN 9781922185235
  4. [4]
    Schütz, Albert J. (1969). Nguna Grammar. Oceanic Linguistics Special Publications.
  5. [5]
    "Glottolog 3.3 - North Efate". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
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