Global InformationAhamb language information
| Ahamb | |
|---|---|
| Axamb, Akhamb | |
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | South Malekula |
Native speakers | 950 (2017)[1] |
Language family | Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ahb |
| Glottolog | axam1237 |
| ELP | Ahamb |
 Axamb is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Ahamb, also spelled Axamb or Akhamb is an Oceanic language spoken in South Malakula, Vanuatu.[2]
Ahamb has around 1000 speakers, most of whom reside on the small low-lying Ahamb Island and the nearby Malekula mainland. The language is endangered due to a number of factors,[3] including climate change and environmental factors.
Linguist Tihomir Rangelov published a grammatical description of Ahamb in 2020.[2][4]
- ^ Ahamb at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Rangelov, Tihomir. 2020. A grammar of the Ahamb language (Vanuatu). Hamilton, New Zealand, University of Waikato. PhD thesis.
- ^ Rangelov, Tihomir, Tom Bratrud & Julie Barbour. 2019. Ahamb (Malekula, Vanuatu) – Language contexts. Language Documentation and Description 16: 86-126.
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ahamb". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History..