Kwamera

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A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
tnk
Alternate Names
Nəfe, Nafe, Ncfe, Neninafe, Southeast Tanna
Autonym
Nɨfe, Nɨninɨfe
User Population

3,500 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Location

Tafea province: Galilee, Greenpoint, Imaki, Imayo, Kwamera, Kwaraka, Port Resolution, Samaria, Yenmarei, and Yeruareng are major villages on southeast Tanna coast.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

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

2 main dialects.

Language Use

Home, Church. Used by all. Positive attitudes.

Language Development

Elderly and very young are illiterate. Taught as subject in primary schools in grades 1–3. Literature. Videos. Dictionary. Texts. NT: 1890–2013.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kwamera
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.