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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Vanuatu > Shark Bay

Shark Bay

A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3ssv

Population  450 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).
Region  Litaro (Pilot) Island, East Santo, also Shark Bay coast.
Language map  Vanuatu, Enlarged Area
Dialects  Similar to Lorediakarkar [lnn].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, East Santo, South
Language use  Some key domains. Used by 30% of children. Positive attitude.