Malua Bay

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A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
mll
Alternate Names
Espiegle Bay, Middle Nambas
User Population

500 (Lynch and Crowley 2001). Ethnic population: 715 (2001).

Location

Malampa province: Malekula, northwest coast.

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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, Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands, Malekula Coastal
Dialects

Several dialects.

Language Use

Potentially endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Most key domains. Some young people, all adults. Positive attitudes.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Malua Bay