Nethalp language explained

Nethalp
Also Known As:Lorediakarkar
States:Vanuatu
Region:Santo Island, east coast
Speakers:340
Date:2000
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Oceanic
Fam4:Southern Oceanic
Fam5:North-Central Vanuatu
Fam6:North Vanuatu
Fam7:Espiritu Santo
Iso3:lnn
Glotto:lore1244
Glottorefname:Nethalp
Map:Lang Status 20-CR.svg

Nethalp, or Lorediakarkar, is a language of the East Santo languages, a group of languages in the Austronesian family of Languages. It is spoken by about 340 people out of an ethnic population of 850 on Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu. It is close to the Shark Bay language.

References

Moseley, Christopher and R. E. Asher, ed. Atlas of the Worlds Languages. (New York: Routelage, 1994)

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