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Native Speakers Worldwide

700

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Fillers and Placeholders in Nahavaq
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

700

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

South West Bay area of Malakula, Vanuatu

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

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No data

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

500

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Malekula, Vanuatu

Coordinates

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Location description

Southwestern corner area of Malekula

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Southwestern corner area of Malekula

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Malfaxal (Naha’ai), Bislama

Domains of other languages

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More on context

Language is under pressure from Malfaxal (Naha’ai) and Bislama

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

600

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Malakula, Vanuatu

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

600

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

355

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Speaker number data: (Lynch and Crowley 2001)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Vanuatu;

Coordinates

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Location description

Southwest Malekula Island

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Southwest Malekula Island

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<1,000

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

Malakula Island, Vanuatu

Coordinates

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Location description

Southwest coast

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Southwest coast

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No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

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More on context

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

-16.498397,167.471161

Location description

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Government support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

700

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2015

Location and Context

Countries

Vanuatu

Coordinates

-16.523057,167.452727;

Location description

Malekula

Government support

No data

Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Malekula

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

250

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  3. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  4. "Initial Documentation of Na'ahai, a language of Malakula, Vanuatu" HRELP Abstract
    Riehl, Anastasia. 2008. ""Initial Documentation of Na'ahai, a Language of Malakula, Vanuatu" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=155.
    http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=155
  5. Australia and the Pacific
    Wurm, Stephen A. 2007. Australia and the Pacific. In Christopher Moseley, Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn., 424-557. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X
  6. "Documentation and Description of the Nahavaq Language" HRELP Abstract
    Dimrock, Laura. 2007. ""Documentation and Description of the Nahavaq Language" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=140.
    http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=140
  7. LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)
    Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.
    http://llmap.org
  8. Fillers and Placeholders in Nahavaq
    Laura Dimock. 2010. "Fillers and Placeholders in Nahavaq." In Fillers, Pauses and Placeholders, edited by Nino Amiridze et al. 119-138. John Benjamins B.V.. Online: http://books.google.com.eres.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ezFihJmC8qAC&oi=fnd&pg=PA119&dq=Nahavaq&ots=i7X6vhPEZe&sig=DsfLZpclA28WfVFFBMtxtDuT9YE.
    http://books.google.com.eres.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ezFihJmC8qAC&oi=fnd&pg=PA119&dq=Nahavaq&ots=i7X6vhPEZe&sig=DsfLZpclA28WfVFFBMtxtDuT9YE