Southwest Tanna language explained

Southwest Tanna
Also Known As:Nawal
States:Vanuatu
Region:Tanna Island
Speakers:4,500
Date:2011
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Oceanic
Fam4:Southern Oceanic
Fam5:South Vanuatu
Fam6:Tanna
Iso3:nwi
Glotto:sout2869
Glottorefname:Southwest Tanna
Map:Lang Status 99-NE.svg

Southwest Tanna is a dialect chain spoken on the southwestern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. Lynch (1982) names three major dialects: Nivhaal in the north-west of the language area (spelt "Nauvhal" in publicity for the 2015 film Tanna), Nivai in the south-west, and Nelpwaai in the north-east.[1]

References

  1. South-West Tanna Grammar Outline and Vocabulary. John Lynch. 1982. Papers in Linguistics of Melanesia. 4.

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