Nasarian | |
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Native to | Vanuatu |
Region | Central Malekula |
Native speakers | 5 (2001) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nvh |
Glottolog | nasa1240 |
ELP | Nasarian |
Nasarian is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Nasarian is a nearly extinct Oceanic language of southwest Malekula, Vanuatu, though the handful of speakers includes children.
The Central Vanuatu languages form a linkage of Southern Oceanic languages spoken in central Vanuatu.
Shavei Tzion is a moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located between Acre and Nahariya and covering 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,275.
The Malakula languages are a group of Central Vanuatu languages spoken on Malakula Island in central Vanuatu. Unlike some earlier classifications, linguist and Oceanic languages specialist John Lynch (2016) considered the Malakula languages to form a coherent group.
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