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Mota

A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3: mtt

Population	900 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).
Region	Banks Group, Mota (Sugarloaf) Island.
Language map	Vanuatu
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands, East Vanuatu
Language use	Formerly lingua franca. Most key domains. Used by 60% of children. Positive attitude.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Dictionary. Bible: 1912.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

GARST, Daniel, author. 2011. A Brief Grammatical Sketch of the Mota Language.

Vernacular Publications

Mota Primer. 2003.

O m̃oe buk nam̃ora rerem̃era alo vavae ta Mota. 1996.

Onat varis-valui alo vavae ta Mota. 1995.