Whitesands

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A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
tnp
Alternate Names
Napuanmen, Whitsands
Population

7,500 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Location

Tafea Province, Tanna island, east coast.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, South Vanuatu, Tanna
Dialects

Lometimeti, Weasisi (Wassisi).

Typology

SVO.

Language Use

Also use English [eng].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. NT: 1924–2014.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Whitesands
Writing

Latin script [Latn].