Dixon Reef

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A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
dix
User Population

50 (1982 SIL). Ethnic population: 60 (1982 SIL).

Location

Malampa province: southwest Malekula.

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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, Malekula Interior, Small Nambas
Language Use

Seriously endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Under pressure from neighboring languages Avava [tmb] and Nahavaq [sns] (Wurm 2007). Most key domains. Some young people, all adults. Positive attitudes.

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OLAC resources in and about Dixon Reef