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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

>100?

Domains of Use

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Transmission

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Community Members

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Language Information By Source

Australasia and the Pacific
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

>100?

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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

150 speakers were reported in 1983. Today there may be over 100 speakers.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Vanuatu

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Inland in southeastern Santo.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Inland in southeastern Santo.

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

150

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

-15.4933, 166.9846

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

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

300

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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

430

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2015

Location and Context

Countries

Vanuatu

Coordinates

No data

Location description

"Sanma Province, South Santo."

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

"Positive attitudes."

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

"Sanma Province, South Santo."

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

300

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2014

Location and Context

Countries

Vanuatu

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on Espiritu Santu.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on Espiritu Santu.

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

300

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2015

Location and Context

Countries

Vanuatu

Coordinates

-15.526286,166.952718;

Location description

Espiritu Santo

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Espiritu Santo

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Domains of other languages

No data

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

150

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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