Navwien language explained

Navwien
States:Vanuatu
Region:Malakula
Speakers:"handful"
Date:2013
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam3:Oceanic
Fam4:Southern Oceanic
Fam5:North-Central Vanuatu
Fam6:Central Vanuatu
Fam7:Malakula
Fam8:Malakula Interior
Iso3:none
Glotto:navw1234
Glottorefname:Navwien
Map:Lang Status 20-CR.svg

Navwien is a possibly extinct language of Vanuatu, presumably one of the Malekula Interior languages.[1] It was spoken in the southwestern corner of Malekula, near Malfaxal.

Notes and References

  1. https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/10191/1/Blust_AustronesianLanguages2013.pdf Robert Blust, 2013, The Austronesian Languages