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Central Vanuatu languages

Central Vanuatu languages

Subgroup of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family

The Central Vanuatu languages form a linkage of Southern Oceanic languages spoken in central Vanuatu.

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Languages

Clark (2009)

Clark (2009) provides the following classification of the Central Vanuatu languages, divided into geographic areas.[1] Outlier (aberrant) languages identified by Clark (2009) are in italics. Clark's Central Vanuatu branch is wider in scope,[clarification needed] including not only the Shepherd–Efate languages, but also the Malakula and Ambrym–Paama–Epi languages.

François et al. (2015)

The following list of 19 Central Vanuatu languages (excluding the Malakula languages) is from François et al. (2015:18–21).

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Additionally, the extinct Sowa language was formerly spoken in central Vanuatu.

References

  1. [1]
    Clark, Ross (2009). Leo Tuai: A comparative lexical study of North and Central Vanuatu languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
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