V’ënen Taut

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A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Big Nambas
Autonym
V’ənen Taut
User Population

3,350 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Location

Malampa province: northwest Malekula.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Malekula Interior, Malekula Central
Typology

14 consonants and 5 vowels; stress on penultimate syllable.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Grammar. NT: 1986.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about V’ënen Taut
Writing

Latin script [Latn].