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Southwest Tanna
Nawal
Native to Vanuatu
Region Tanna Island
Native speakers
4,500 (2011) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nwi
Glottolog sout2869
Southwest Tanna is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Southwest Tanna is a dialect chain spoken on the southwestern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. Lynch (1982) names three major dialects: Nivhaal in the north-west of the language area (spelt "Nauvhal" in publicity for the 2015 film Tanna), Nivai in the south-west, and Nelpwaai in the north-east. [2]

References

  1. ^ Southwest Tanna at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ John Lynch (1982). "South-West Tanna Grammar Outline and Vocabulary". Papers in Linguistics of Melanesia. 4.

External links


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Nawal language)
Southwest Tanna
Nawal
Native to Vanuatu
Region Tanna Island
Native speakers
4,500 (2011) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nwi
Glottolog sout2869
Southwest Tanna is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Southwest Tanna is a dialect chain spoken on the southwestern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. Lynch (1982) names three major dialects: Nivhaal in the north-west of the language area (spelt "Nauvhal" in publicity for the 2015 film Tanna), Nivai in the south-west, and Nelpwaai in the north-east. [2]

References

  1. ^ Southwest Tanna at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ John Lynch (1982). "South-West Tanna Grammar Outline and Vocabulary". Papers in Linguistics of Melanesia. 4.

External links



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