Efate, North

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A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
llp
Alternate Names
Nakanamanga
Population

9,500 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Location

North Efate island, Nguna, Tongoa, and several smaller islands, southeast Epi.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands, Central Vanuatu
Dialects

Buninga, Emau, Livara, Nguna (Guna, Ngunese, Tongoa), Paunangis, Sesake.

Typology

SVO (for Nguna)

Language Use

Livara dialect is extinct.

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Bible: 1972.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Efate, North
Writing
Latin script.