Malua Bay language

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Malua Bay
Middle Nambas
Native to Vanuatu
Region Malekula
Ethnicity720 (2001) [1]
Native speakers
500 (2001) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mll
Glottolog malu1245
ELP Malua Bay
Lang Status 99-NE.svg
Malua Bay is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Malua Bay (also called Middle Nambas) is an Oceanic language spoken in northwest Malekula, Vanuatu.

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References

  1. 1 2 Malua Bay at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)