Mele-Fila
A language of Vanuatu
| Population | 3,500 (Lynch and Crowley 2001). |
| Region | Over 2,000 in Mele village on Efate; 1,000 on Ifara Island (Lynch and Crowley 2001). |
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Vanuatu |
| Alternate names | Fila-Mele, Ifara-Mele |
| Dialects | Fila (Efira, Fira, Ifira), Mele. Significant differences between Mele and Fila. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Futunic |
| Language use | Also use South Efate [erk]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. NT: 1993. |
| Comments | SVO. |
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