Port Sandwich language explained

Port Sandwich
Also Known As:Lamap
Region:Malekula
State:Vanuatu
Speakers:1,200
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 Coastal
Iso3:psw
Glotto:port1285
Glottorefname:Port Sandwich
Map:Lang Status 99-NE.svg

Port Sandwich, or Lamap, is an Oceanic language spoken in southeast Malekula, Vanuatu, on the eastern tip of the island. It was first described in 1979 by French linguist Jean-Michel Charpentier.[1]

Nisvai is a separate language.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Charpentier, Jean-Michel . La langue de Port-Sandwich (Nouvelles-HĂ©brides): introduction phonologique et grammaire . 1979 . . 9782852970564 . SELAF . Paris . 208 . fr . 28 November 2014.
  2. Book: Lynch, John . Languages of Vanuatu: A New Survey and Bibliography . Crowley . Terry . 2001 . Pacific Linguistics . 0-85883-469-3 . Pacific Linguistics 517 . Canberra . en . 10.15144/PL-517 . 1885/146135 . free . free.