Axamb

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A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
ahb
Alternate Names
Ahamb, Naujin sdrato
User Population

950 (2017 T. Rangelov).

Location

Malampa province: south Malekula.

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands, Malekula Coastal
Dialects

None known. Similar to Port Sandwich [psw].

Typology

SVO; prepositions; noun head initial; contrastive bilabial trills.

Language Use

Home; Mixed: traditional events, community, religion. Some young people, all adults. Many also use Bislama [bis] (Rangelov et al 2019).

Language Development

Bible portions: 1935–2018.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Axamb
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.