| Aveteian | |
| Also Known As: | Dixon Reef |
| Pronunciation: | pronounced as /[avəteián₂]/ |
| States: | Vanuatu |
| Region: | Malakula |
| Speakers: | probably fewer than 50 |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam3: | Oceanic |
| Fam4: | Southern Oceanic |
| Fam5: | North-Central Vanuatu |
| Fam6: | Central Vanuatu |
| Fam7: | Malakula |
| Fam8: | Malakula Interior |
| Iso3: | dix |
| Glotto: | dixo1238 |
| Glottorefname: | Dixon Reef |
| Map: | Lang Status 20-CR.svg |
Aveteian (Dixon Reef) is a possibly extinct language of Vanuatu, presumably one of the Malekula Interior languages.[1] In the early twentieth century it was spoken by a few families living to the north of Ninde.[2]