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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,100

Domains of Use

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Transmission

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Languages of Vanuatu: A New Survey and Bibliography
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2001

Location and Context

Countries

Vanuatu

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Malakula Island

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Malakula Island

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

350

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language 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

No data

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

-16.4492,167.4481

Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers’s 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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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~350

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language 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

In 1981, 350 speakers were reported. There may be still close to that many speakers.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Malekula, Vanuatu

Coordinates

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Location description

Southwestern corner area of Malekula

Government support

No data

Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Southwestern corner area of Malekula

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Data for the number of native speakers comes from Lynch and Crowley (2001).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

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’s 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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More on context

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language 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

No data

Year of info

2015

Location and Context

Countries

Vanuatu

Coordinates

-16.466370,167.464395;

Location description

Malekula

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Malekula

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

350

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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  7. The exceptional linguistic density of Vanuatu
    Alexandre François, Michael Franjieh, Sebastien Lacrampe, and Stefan Schnell. 2015. The exceptional linguistic density of Vanuatu. In "The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity", ed. by Alexandre François, Sebastien Lacrampe, Michael Franjieh, and Stefan Schnell. Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia, 5. Canberra: Asia Pacific Linguistics Open Access. Pp. 1–21. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/14819
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