Whitesands language
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| Whitesands | |
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| East Tanna | |
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Tanna Island, east coast |
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Native speakers
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7,500 (2001)[1] |
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Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tnp |
| Glottolog | whit1269[2] |
Whitesands, or East Tanna, is a language spoken on the eastern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. It is closely related to the North Tanna and Lenakel languages.[3]
References
- ↑ Whitesands at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Hammond, J. (2009). The grammar of nouns and verbs in Whitesands, an oceanic language of Southern Vanuatu. Master Thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney. link
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