Tanna, North
A language of Vanuatu
| Population | 5,000 (Lynch and Crowley 2001). |
| Region | North Tanna. |
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| Dialects | East Tanna, West Tanna, Imafin. 2 major dialects. There is a dialect chain. Similar to Whitesands [tnp]. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, South Vanuatu, Tanna |
| Language use | Also use Bislama [bis], but many women and some men do not understand it. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Bible portions: 1990–2006. |
| Comments | SVO. Agriculturalists: coconut; copra production. |
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