Sie

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A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
erg
Alternate Names
Eromanga, Eromangan, Erramanga, Erromanga, Erromangan, Sye
Autonym
nam Eromaga
User Population

1,900 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Location

Tafea province: Erromanga island.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, South Vanuatu, Erromanga
Dialects

Yoku (Enyau), Potnariven, Sie (Sorung).

Typology

SVO; prepositions; no articles; verb affixes mark person and number; tense and aspect; causatives; 13 consonants and 5 vowels; stress on penultimate syllable; inclusive/exclusive pronouns; alienable/inalienable/prepositional possession.

Language Use

Used as L2 by Ura [uur].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1909.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Sie
Writing

Latin script [Latn].