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

Tiale

A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3mnl

Population  400 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).
Region  North central Santo.
Language map  Vanuatu, Enlarged Area
Alternate names   Malmariv
Dialects  Similar to Navut [nsw]; mutually intelligible with Merei [lmb].
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  Most key domains. Used by 60% of children. Positive attitude.