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Mavea (also known as Mav̈ea or Mafea or Mavia) is an Oceanic language spoken on Mavea Island in Vanuatu, off the eastern coast of Espiritu Santo. It belongs to the North–Central Vanuatu linkage of Southern Oceanic. The total population of the island is approximately 172, with only 34 fluent speakers of the Mavea language reported in 2008.[G-2008 1]
There are 94 languages in the North Vanuatu linkage, including Mavea. The closest linguistic relative to Mavea, sharing a little over 70% of cognates, is Tutuba. Following Tutuba, Aore, South Malok, Araki, and Tangoa are the next closest relatives.[G-2011 1] Cite error: There are <ref group=G-2008> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=G-2008}} template (see the help page). Cite error: There are <ref group=G-2011> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=G-2011}} template (see the help page).
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