Whitesands
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A language of Vanuatu
Alternate Names
Napuanmen, Whitsands
User Population
7,500 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).
Location
Tafea province: Tanna island east coast.
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Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Dialects
Weasisi (Wassisi), Lometimeti, Nərak.
Typology
SVO.
Language Use
Shifting to English [eng].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Taught as subject in primary schools in grades 1–3 in Narak dialect. NT: 1924–2014.