Southwest Tanna language
| Southwest Tanna | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Tanna Island |
Native speakers | 4,500 (2011)[1] |
|
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
nwi |
| Glottolog |
sout2869[2] |
Southwest Tanna is a dialect chain spoken on the southwestern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. Lynch (1982) names three major dialects: Nivhaal in the north-west of the language area (spelt "Nauvhal" in publicity for the 2015 film Tanna), Nivai in the south-west, and Nelpwaai in the north-east.[3]
References
- ↑ Southwest Tanna at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Southwest Tanna". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ John Lynch (1982). "South-West Tanna Grammar Outline and Vocabulary". Papers in Linguistics of Melanesia. 4.
External links
- Database of audio recordings in language of Tanna, Southwest - basic Catholic prayers
- Paradisec has two collections of Arthur Cappell's materials (AC1, AC2) that include Southwest Tanna language materials.
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