Dalkalaen language

Dalkalaen
Dalkalaen
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Ambrym Island
Native speakers	1,000 (2015)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu Central Vanuatu Dalkalaen; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	dalk1234

Last updated November 02, 2025

Dalkalaen is a Central Vanuatu language spoken by about 1,000 people on the southwestern tip of Ambrym Island, Vanuatu.^[1]^[2]

Dalkalaen is closely related to the Daakaka language.^[2]

Notes

↑ François et al. (2015:18-21).
1 2 Krifka et al. (2012).

References

François, Alexandre; Franjieh, Michael; Lacrampe, Sébastien; Schnell, Stefan (2015), "The exceptional linguistic density of Vanuatu", in François, Alexandre; Lacrampe, Sébastien; Franjieh, Michael; Schnell, Stefan (eds.), The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity, Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia, Canberra: Asia Pacific Linguistics Open Access, pp. 1–21, ISBN 9781922185235 .
Krifka, Manfred; von Prince, Kilu; Hosni, Soraya. 2012. West Ambrym: Documenting and maintaining three Oceanic languages of Vanuatu. Poster presenting the three languages Dalkalaen, Daakaka, and Daakie. Berlin: DoBeS.

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[Vanuatu-1] François et al. (2015:18-21).

[Dobes-2] 1 2 Krifka et al. (2012).

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