• Volow (formerly known as Valuwa or Valuga) is an Oceanic language variety that used to be spoken in the area of Aplow, in the eastern part of the island...
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  • languages (ranked geographically, from NW to SE): Hiw, Lo-Toga, Lehali, Löyöp, Volow, Mwotlap, Lemerig, Vera'a, Vurës, Mwesen, Mota, Nume, Dorig, Koro, Olrat...
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  • Oceanic language of Vanuatu", Linguistic Typology, 9 (1): 115–146, doi:10.1515/lity.2005.9.1.115, S2CID 55878308. Presentation of the Volow language, by linguist...
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  • Alexandre François. Volow, which used to be spoken on the same island, may be considered a dialect or a separate language. The Mwotlap language is named after...
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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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  • 'two'. Lehali shares that particular sound change with its neighbors Löyöp, Volow, and Mwotlap. The system of personal pronouns in Lehali contrasts clusivity...
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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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  • 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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    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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    Mota Lava (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
    extinct Volow language also used to be spoken on Mota Lava. An early attempt to transcribe the native name, both for the island and the language, yielded...
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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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  • a communalect (language or dialect) known as Volow. Volow become extinct in the 1980s, as its speakers adopted the dominant language Mwotlap from the...
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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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  • Mores (alternatively Ko or Farmores) is an Oceanic language spoken in central Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu. v t e...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Oceanic language spoken on Epi Island, in Vanuatu. Maii at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Tryon, D. "Mae-Morae and the languages of Epi...
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  • Kumak, also known as Nêlêmwa-Nixumwak after its two dialects, is a Kanak language of northern New Caledonia. Kumak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...
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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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  • Marovo is an Austronesian language of the Solomon Islands. It is spoken in the New Georgia Group on islands in Marovo Lagoon and on the neighbouring islands...
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  • the ʼeta. Tahitian is one of the few Austronesian languages – along with standard Samoan and Volow – that do not have a phoneme /k/ and do not use the...
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  • Sungwadia, also known as Marino and North Maewo, is an Oceanic language spoken on Maewo, Vanuatu. /k/ can also have prenasal allophones [ᵑɡ] or [ᵑk]. /ŋʷ/...
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  • Lakon Lehali – Löyöp – Mwotlap – Volow 15 Banks languages together (Lehali – Löyöp – Mwotlap – Volow – Lemerig – Vera'a – Vurës – Mwesen – Mota – Nume...
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  • Lamogai is an Austronesian language spoken by about 3600 individuals in parts of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain...
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  • Maewo, also known as Peterara after one of its dialects, is an Oceanic language spoken on Maewo, Vanuatu. Alternate names for Sungwadaga include Central...
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  • striking feature of the Marquesan languages is their almost universal replacement of the /r/ or /l/ of other Polynesian languages by a /ʔ/ (glottal stop). Like...
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  • Lamen (Lamenu, Varmali) is an Oceanic language spoken on Epi Island, in Vanuatu. Materials on Lamenu are included in the open access Arthur Capell collections...
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  • nearly-extinct language spoken on the island of Utupua, in the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands. Tryon, Darrell (1994). "Language contact and...
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