V’ënen Taut

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A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
nmb
Alternate Names
Big Nambas
Population

3,350 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Location

Northwest Malekula.

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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, Malekula Interior, Malekula Central
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. NT: 1986.
Writing
Latin script.