Uripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin
A language of Vanuatu
| Population | 9,000 (Lynch and Crowley 2001). 1,375 Atchin, 3,450 Uripiv-Wala-Rano. |
| Region | Northeast Malekula and nearby islands. |
| Language map |
Vanuatu, Enlarged Area |
| Alternate names | Northeast Malakula |
| Dialects | Uripiv, Wala-Rano, Atchin (Nale). Dialect chain from Uripiv south to Atchin north. Lexical similarity: 85% at extremes of the dialect chain. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands, Malekula Coastal |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 2005. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
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