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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Vanuatu > Ambae, East

Ambae, East

A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3omb

Population  5,000 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).
Region  Ambae (Leper’s) Island.
Language map  Vanuatu
Alternate names   Aoba, Northeast Ambae, Northeast Aoba, Oba, Omba, Walurigi
Dialects  Lombaha (Lobaha), Longana, Lolokaro (Lolokara, Lolsiwoi). About 15 dialects.
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 development  Bible portions: 1971–1986.
Comments  SVO. Christian.