Efate, North
A language of Vanuatu
| Population | 9,500 (Lynch and Crowley 2001). |
| Region | North Efate Island, Nguna, Tongoa, and several smaller islands, southeast Epi. |
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Vanuatu |
| Alternate names | Nakanamanga |
| Dialects | Nguna (Guna, Tongoa, Ngunese), Buninga, Sesake, Emau, Paunangis, Livara. |
| 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 | Livara is extinct. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Bible: 1972. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | SVO (for Nguna). |
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