Port Sandwich

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A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
psw
Alternate Names
Lamap
User Population

750 (Crowley 2002d).

Location

Malampa province: southeast Malekula.

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

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; similar to Axamb [ahb] and Maskelynes [klv].

Typology

SVO; prepositions; noun head initial; dual number; no articles; aspect; 19 consonants and 7 vowels; stress is on penultimate syllable; inclusive/exclusive pronouns; alienable/inalienable possession.

Language Use

Shifted to Bislama [bis].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Port Sandwich