Tanna, North

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A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
tnn
Alternate Names
Not Tana
Autonym
Nən-naka
User Population

5,000 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Location

Tafea province: north Tanna island.

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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

East Tanna, West Tanna, Imafin. In a dialect chain. Reportedly similar to Whitesands [tnp].

Typology

SVO.

Language Use

Also use Bislama [bis], but many women and some men do not understand it.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Taught as subject in some primary schools in grades 1–3. NT: 2007.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tanna, North
Writing

Latin script [Latn].