Wailapa
A language of Vanuatu
| Population | 100 (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Ethnic population: 140. |
| Region | Southwest Santo Island. |
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Vanuatu, Enlarged Area |
| Dialects | A dialect chain with Akei [tsr] and Penantsiro [ptr] at the extremes, but are not inherently intelligible. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands, West Santo |
| Language use | Most key domains. Used by 60% of children. Positive attitude. |
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