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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Vanuatu > Eton

Eton

A language of Vanuatu

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Population  500 (1989 census).
Region  Southeast Efate Island, Eton, Pang Pang, surrounding villages.
Language map  Vanuatu
Alternate names   Eastern Efate, Epwau
Dialects  Eton, Pang Pang. Formerly thought a dialect of South Efate [erk]. 88% inherent intelligibility with Lelepa [lpa], 64% with South Efate.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands, Central Vanuatu
Language use  Pang Pang has few remaining speakers. All ages. Also use Bislama [bis], English, French, South Efate, Lelepa, or North Efate [llp].