| Vao | |
| Region: | Vao Island and northern Malakula, Vanuatu |
| Speakers: | 1,900 |
| Date: | 2001 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Oceanic |
| Fam4: | Southern Oceanic |
| Fam5: | North-Central Vanuatu |
| Fam6: | Central Vanuatu |
| Fam7: | Malakula |
| Fam8: | Malakula Interior |
| Iso3: | vao |
| Glotto: | vaoo1237 |
| Glottorefname: | Vao |
| Map: | Lang Status 99-NE.svg |
Vao is an Austronesian language of the Oceanic branch spoken by about 1,900 people on Vao Island and on the nearby shores of Malakula Island, Vanuatu.[1]
Vao is one of the few languages of the world that possesses linguolabial consonants.[2]