Rerep language

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Rerep
Pangkumu, Tisman
Native to Vanuatu
RegionEast Malekula
Native speakers
(380 cited 1983) [1]
Dialects
  • Tisman
Language codes
ISO 639-3 pgk
Glottolog rere1240
ELP Rerep
Lang Status 99-NE.svg
Rerep is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Rerep (also Pangkumu or Tisman) is one of the great many languages of the Malekula Coast group spoken in Vanuatu. In 1983 it had 375 speakers out of an ethnic population of 580. Portions of the Bible were translated into Rerep between 1892 and 1913.

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References

  1. Rerep at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)