Southeast Ambrym language

Summary

Southeast Ambrym, Vatlongos, or Taveak, is a language of Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. It is closely related to Paamese.

Southeast Ambrym
Taveak
Native toVanuatu
RegionAmbrym Island
Native speakers
3,700 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tvk
Glottologsout2859
Southeast Ambrym is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Phonology edit

Consonants edit

Labial Alveolar Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Stop voiceless p t k
prenasal ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ
Fricative v s x h
Lateral l
Trill r

Vowels edit

Front Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low æ a

[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Southeast Ambrym at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Crowley, Terry (2002). Southeast Ambrym. In John Lynch and Malcolm Ross and Terry Crowley (eds.), The Oceanic Languages: Richmond: Curzon. pp. 660–670.

External links edit

  • Eleanor Ridge. "Vatlongos, Southeast Ambrym (Vanuatu)" (PDF). Language Contexts.