Maragus

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A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
mrs
Alternate Names
Maragaus, Tape, Tobah
Population

15 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Location

Malampa Province, central north Malekula.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Malekula Interior, Malekula Central
Language Use

Seriously endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Shifted to Uripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin [upv]. A handful of elderly speakers in the coastal village of Tautu (1996 T. Crowley).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Maragus