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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Solomon Islands > Tanema

Tanema

A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3tnx

Population  4 (2007 A. Francois).
Region  Temotu Province, Vanikolo Island, Emua village.
Alternate names   Tetawo, Tetau
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Temotu, Utupua-Vanikoro
Language use  Shifted to Teanu [tkw] or Pisin [pis].
Comments  SVO. Agriculturalists; fishermen. Nearly extinct.