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

Nume

A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3tgs

Population  900 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).
Region  Gaua Island.
Language map  Vanuatu
Alternate names   Gaua, Tarasag
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  Most key domains. Used by 60% of children. Positive attitude.
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%.