• Lemerig is an Oceanic language spoken on Vanua Lava, in Vanuatu. The language is no longer actively spoken. The 2 remaining speakers live on the northern...
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  • geographically, from NW to SE): Hiw, Lo-Toga, Lehali, Löyöp, Volow, Mwotlap, Lemerig, Vera'a, Vurës, Mwesen, Mota, Nume, Dorig, Koro, Olrat, Lakon, and Mwerlap...
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    Open back rounded vowel (category Articles containing Lemerig-language text)
    low back rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this...
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  • related language Vurës. Together with speakers of Veraʼa, speakers of the now moribund language Lemerig moved to the village of Veraʼa. Lemerig is remembered...
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  • either of these two languages: one of the names (better spelled Päk) given to the Lemerig language the Pak-Tong language Languages of Pakistan This disambiguation...
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    Close-mid front rounded vowel (category Articles containing Lemerig-language text)
    high-mid front rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the...
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    Vanua Lava (category Pages with Lemerig IPA)
    Vunulava [funulafa] in Vera'a, and Vunulāv [βunuˈlɒ̝ɸ] in Lemerig. In the immigrant language Mwotlap, it is referred to as Apnōlap [apnʊˈlap] (with the...
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    where sixteen out of seventeen languages are still spoken: Hiw, Lo-Toga, Lehali, Löyöp, Mwotlap, Volow (extinct), Lemerig, Vera'a, Vurës, Mwesen, Mota,...
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  • Atlas of Language Structures, pp. 50-53. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-925591-1. (online version). See for example Löyöp, Lemerig, Vurës...
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    Polynesian languages form a genealogical group of languages, itself part of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian family. There are 38 Polynesian languages, representing...
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  • [ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐjʔi]) is a Polynesian language and a critically endangered language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiʻi...
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  • Lendamboi, Letemboi, or Small Nambas, is one of the Malekula Interior languages of Vanuatu. Materials on Karnai are included in the open access Arthur...
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  • is a list of endangered languages of Oceania, based on the definitions used by UNESCO. An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling...
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  • Malfaxal (Malvaxal), also known as Na'ahai, is one of the many languages of the Malekula Coast group of Vanuatu. Malfaxal at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)...
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    Tungaru), is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati. It belongs to the Micronesian branch of the Oceanic languages. The word Kiribati, the current...
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  • Pascuan (/ˈpæskjuən/) or Pascuense, is an Eastern Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family. It is spoken on Easter Island, also known as Rapa...
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  • Caledonian languages also known as Kanak languages form a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages. Their speakers are known as Kanaks. One language is extinct...
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  • one of the many languages of the Malekula Coast group of Vanuatu. Nahavaq at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) ELAR archive of Nahavaq language documentation...
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    province has seventeen languages, which are all Oceanic. From north to south, they are: Hiw, Lo-Toga, Lehali, Löyöp, Volow, Mwotlap, Lemerig, Vera'a, Vurës,...
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  • Yotafa, is an Austronesian language spoken in Jayapura Bay in Papua province, Indonesia. It was once thought to be a Papuan language. Notably, Tobati displays...
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  • pronunciation: /ˈtɒŋ(ɡ)ən/ TONG-(g)ən; lea fakatonga) is an Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch native to the island nation of Tonga. It has around...
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  • Lonwolwol, Raljago, or West Ambrym, is an Oceanic language of Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Lonwolwol at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...
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  • Numèè (Naa Numee, Naa-Wee), or Kwényi (Kwenyii), is a New Caledonian language, the one spoken at the southern tip of the island, as well as on the Isle...
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    iTaukei is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians as a native language. The 2013 Constitution...
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  • Suau, also known as Iou, is an Oceanic language spoken in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken by 6,800 people and a further 14,000...
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  • North Efate, also known as Nakanamanga or Nguna, is an Oceanic language spoken on the northern area of Efate in Vanuatu, as well as on a number of islands...
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  • Ajië (also known as Houailou (Wailu), Wai, and A'jie) is an Oceanic language spoken in New Caledonia. It has approximately 4,000 speakers. A glottal stop...
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  • statement of Patep. In Richard Loving (ed.), Phonologies of five Austronesian languages: Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 71–128.{{cite book}}:...
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    faʻa Sāmoa or Gagana Sāmoa, pronounced [ŋaˈŋana ˈsaːmʊa]) is a Polynesian language spoken by Samoans of the Samoan Islands. Administratively, the islands...
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  • Austronesian language of Buka Island and the Selau Peninsula of Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. The phonology of the Halia language: Diphthong vowel...
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