Polonombauk language

Polonombauk
Polonombauk
Ati
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Santo Island
Ethnicity	550
Native speakers	120 (2007)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu North Vanuatu Espiritu Santo Polonombauk; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	plb
Glottolog	polo1242
ELP	Narmoris ; Ati (Vanuatu) ;
	Polonombauk is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger .

Last updated November 06, 2025

Polonombauk (Meris, Miris, Ati) is a language of the interior of the southeast of Santo Island in Vanuatu.

François (2015:18-21) also lists Narmoris under the ISO 639-3 code [plb].

References

1 2 Polonombauk at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

Sources

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 .

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[e25-1] 1 2 Polonombauk at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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