Ura is a moribund language of the island Erromango in Vanuatu. It was thought to be extinct, after massive depopulation of the island in the nineteenth...

in Russia Ura (Yula), a tributary of the Yula in Russia Ura language (Papua New Guinea) Ura language (Vanuatu) Fungwa language (Nigeria) Ura Kazuki (宇良...

Erromango, and Aniwa) of Vanuatu. Erromango family Southern: Sie, Sorung† Northern: Ifo (Utaha)†, Ura (See Erromanga language#Linguistic situation for...

belonging to the Austronesian family of languages. Vanuatu is the country with the highest density of languages per capita in the world: it currently shows...

Njav is a Malakula language of Vanuatu. There are about 10 speakers. François et al. 2015. François, Alexandre; Franjieh, Michael; Lacrampe, Sébastien;...

[Many of the languages listed here are not classified as North Vanuatu in their articles, and do not link back here] The North Vanuatu languages form a linkage...

The Central Vanuatu languages form a linkage of Southern Oceanic languages spoken in central Vanuatu. Clark (2009) provides the following classification...

discovered Ura speakers. Terry Crowley counted six speakers of Ura in the mid-1990s. The South Vanuatu language group includes these four languages. Erromango...

Oceanic language spoken on Gaua island in Vanuatu. Its 280 speakers live in the village of Koro, on the south coast of Gaua. Koro is a distinct language from...

non-Austronesian are spoken in northern Vanuatu and southern Vanuatu (North Vanuatu languages and South Vanuatu languages). Austronesian, but may have experienced...

an endangered language of south-western Pentecost island in Vanuatu. Ske is an Oceanic language (a branch of the Austronesian language family). The Ske...

The Malakula languages are a group of Central Vanuatu languages spoken on Malakula Island in central Vanuatu. Unlike some earlier classifications, linguist...

Espiritu Santo languages (alternatively Santo languages) are a group of North Vanuatu languages spoken on Espiritu Santo Island in northern Vanuatu. Tryon (2010)...

The North-Central Vanuatu languages are a linkage of Oceanic languages spoken in Vanuatu and New Caledonia. It was proposed by Clark (2009), who reconstructed...

The Southern Oceanic languages are a linkage (rather than family) of Oceanic languages spoken in Vanuatu and New Caledonia. It was proposed by John Lynch...

Bura is an Espiritu Santo language of Vanuatu with 300 speakers. Tryon, Darrell. 2010. The languages of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. In John Bowden and Nikolaus...

Eton is a small Oceanic language of Vanuatu, in the southeast of Efate Island. Eton at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) v t e v t e...

Utaha, also known as Ifo, is an extinct language of the island Erromango in Vanuatu. Utaha at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t...

Press. 1998. Ura. Languages of the World/Materials 240. München: LINCOM EUROPA. 1999. Ura: A disappearing language of Southern Vanuatu. Canberra: Pacific...

reconstructed ancestor of the seventeen languages of the Torres and Banks Islands of Vanuatu. Like all indigenous languages of Vanuatu, it belongs to the Oceanic branch...

Lakon is an Oceanic language, spoken on the west coast of Gaua island in Vanuatu. The language name Lakon [laˈkɔn] refers originally to the area where...

Lemerig is an Oceanic language spoken on Vanua Lava, in Vanuatu. Lemerig is no longer actively spoken. The 2 remaining speakers live on the northern coast...

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...

[ŋ͡mʷɔtˈlap]; formerly known as Motlav) is an Oceanic language spoken by about 2,100 people in Vanuatu. The majority of speakers are found on the island of...

Tirax (Dirak, Mae) is an Oceanic language spoken in north east Malakula, Vanuatu. Tirax Tirax pronunciation Problems playing this file? See media help...

Wusi (Wusi-Kerepua) is an Oceanic language spoken on the west coast of Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu. Wusi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...

The Namakura language, Makura or Namakir, is an Oceanic language of Vanuatu. The language is spoken in Shefa Province, north Efate, Tongoa, and Tongariki...

Hiw (sometimes spelled Hiu) is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of Hiw, in the Torres Islands of Vanuatu. With about 280 speakers, Hiw is considered...

Tanna, the endonym being Nafe (Nɨfe), is a language spoken on the southeastern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. Kwamera at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...

scattered in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands or Vanuatu. The most prominent Polynesian languages, by number of speakers, are Tahitian, Samoan, Tongan...