Nasvang language explained

Nasvang
Region:Malekula
State:Vanuatu
Speakers:275
Date:2001
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Oceanic
Fam4:Southern Oceanic
Fam5:North-Central Vanuatu
Fam6:Central Vanuatu
Fam7:Malakula
Fam8:Malakula Interior
Iso3:none
Glotto:nasv1234
Glottorefname:Nasvang

Nasvang is an Oceanic language spoken in southeast Malekula, Vanuatu,[1] by about 275 speakers.[2]

The languages surrounding Nasvang include, or used to include, Port Sandwich, Nisvai, Sörsörian, Axamb and Navwien.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Charpentier, Jean-Michel . Atlas linguistique du Sud - Malekula—Linguistic Atlas of South Malekula (Vanuatu) . 1982 . Centre National de la Recherche . Paris . .
  2. Lynch, John & Terry Crowley. 2001. Languages of Vanuatu: A new survey and bibliography. Canberra: Australian National University.