| Wailapa | |
| Also Known As: | Ale |
| State: | Vanuatu |
| Region: | Espiritu Santo |
| Speakers: | 500[1] |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Oceanic |
| Fam4: | Southern Oceanic |
| Fam5: | North-Central Vanuatu |
| Fam6: | North Vanuatu |
| Fam7: | Espiritu Santo |
| Iso3: | wlr |
| Glotto: | wail1242 |
| Glottorefname: | Ale |
| Map: | Lang Status 99-NE.svg |
Wailapa, or Ale, is an Oceanic language spoken on Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu. It is in a dialect chain between Akei and Penantsiro,[2] but these are not mutually intelligible.