Malo
A language of Vanuatu
| Population | 4,000 (Lynch and Crowley 2001). |
| Region | Malo Island, 3 adjacent small islands, south Tangoa. |
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Vanuatu, Enlarged Area |
| Alternate names | Tamabo |
| Dialects | Avunatari (North Malo), Ataripoe (South Malo). Similar to Aore [aor] and Tutuba [tmi]. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands, West Santo |
| Language use | Southern dialect extinct. |
| Language development | Dictionary. NT: 1954. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
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