Navwien language

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Navwien
Native to Vanuatu
Region Malakula
Native speakers
"handful" (2013) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog navw1234
ELP Navwien
Lang Status 20-CR.svg
Navwien is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Navwien is a possibly extinct language of Vanuatu, presumably one of the Malekula Interior languages. [1] It was spoken in the southwestern corner of Malekula, near Malfaxal.

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