Malekula Interior languages

Malekula Interior
Geographic
distribution		 Malakula, Vanuatu
Linguistic classification Austronesian
Subdivisions
  • Labo
  • Malekula Central
  • Small Nambas
Glottolog None
mala1539  (Malakula)[1]

The dozen Malekula Interior languages are a branch of the North Vanuatu languages.

Languages

The languages have been classified as follows:[2]

A number of other, critically endangered or recently extinct languages are or were spoken in the interior of Malekula, and presumably belong with the Malekula Interior languages. They are:

Some others form dialect chains:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Malakula". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. ↑ Clark, Ross. 2009. *Leo Tuai: A comparative lexical study of North and Central Vanuatu languages. Canberra ACT.: Pacific Linguistics (Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University).
  3. ↑ Brotchie, A. (2009). "Tirax Grammar and Narrative: an Oceanic language spoken on Malakula, North Central Vanuatu". PhD Thesis, University of Melbourne. https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/36956
  4. ↑ Lynch & Crowley, 2001, Languages of Vanuatu: A New Survey and Bibliography. Australian National University.
  5. ↑ Charpentier, Jean-Michel (1982). Atlas linguistique du Sud-Malekula — Linguistic Atlas of South Malekula (Vanuatu). Paris: Centre National de la Recherche.
  6. ↑ Robert Blust, 2013, The Austronesian Languages


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