Aveteian language

Aveteian
Aveteian
Dixon Reef
Pronunciation	[avəteián₂]
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Malakula
Native speakers	probably fewer than 50 (2007)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu Central Vanuatu Malakula Malakula Interior Aveteian; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dix
Glottolog	dixo1238
ELP	Aveteian
	Aveteian is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Last updated March 02, 2025

Aveteian (Dixon Reef) is a possibly extinct language of Vanuatu, presumably one of the Malekula Interior languages.^[2] In the early twentieth century it was spoken by a few families living to the north of Ninde.^[3]

References

↑ Aveteian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ See p.107 of:
Blust, Robert. 2013. The Austronesian Languages. (Rev. ed.) Asia-Pacific Linguistics Open Access monographs, A-PL 008. Canberra, ACT: Asia-Pacific Linguistics.
↑ Lynch & Crowley, 2001, Languages of Vanuatu: A New Survey and Bibliography. Australian National University.

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[e18-1] Aveteian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Blust-2] See p.107 of:
Blust, Robert. 2013. The Austronesian Languages. (Rev. ed.) Asia-Pacific Linguistics Open Access monographs, A-PL 008. Canberra, ACT: Asia-Pacific Linguistics.

[LC-3] Lynch & Crowley, 2001, Languages of Vanuatu: A New Survey and Bibliography. Australian National University.

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