Lendamboi language

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Lendamboi
Letemboi, Small Nambas
Native to Vanuatu
Region Malakula
Ethnicity1,100 (2001) [1]
Native speakers
800 (2001) [1]
Dialects
  • Repanbitip (Niolean)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nms – inclusive code
Individual code:
rpn   Repanbitip
Glottolog lete1241
ELP Lendamboi
  Niolean [2]
Lang Status 99-NE.svg
Lendamboi is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Lendamboi, Letemboi, or Small Nambas, is one of the Malekula Interior languages of Vanuatu.

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References

  1. 1 2 Lendamboi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Repanbitip at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Niolean.