Fanbak language explained

Fanbyak
Also Known As:Fanbak, Orkon
States:Vanuatu
Region:Ambrym Island
Speakers:95
Date:2015
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Oceanic
Fam4:Southern Oceanic
Fam5:North-Central Vanuatu
Fam6:Central Vanuatu
Iso3:fnb
Glotto:orko1234
Glottoname:Orkon-Fanbak

Fanbyak is a minor language of Ambrym Island, Vanuatu.

Name

Fanbyak takes its name from the village of the same name, where it used to be spoken. Fanbyak village has been abandoned, with residents now living among speakers of North Ambrym.[1]

Lynch and Crowley (2001) called the language "Orkon". However, it appears that Orkon, spoken in the Orkon village, really referred to a lect (either a dialect or a separate language) distinct from Fanbak. Nothing is known about Orkon proper, which is now extinct.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/chg_detail.asp?id=2015-050&lang=fbk Change request documentation for fbk.