Lenakel is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Lenakel, or West Tanna, is a dialect chain spoken on the western coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu.
Lenakel is one of five languages spoken on Tanna. The native name for the language is Netvaar, and speakers refer to their language as Nakaraan taha Lenakel'the language of Lenakel'.[2] Lenakel has been extensively researched and documented by John Lynch, and both a dictionary and a detailed linguistic description of the language have been published.
^Lenakel at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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