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Nahavaq language information


Nahavaq
South West Bay, Siesip
Native toVanuatu
RegionMalekula
Ethnicity860 ethnic population (no date)[1]
Native speakers
600 (2001)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Southern Oceanic
        • North-Central Vanuatu
          • Central Vanuatu
            • Malakula
              • Malakula Coastal
                • Nahavaq
Language codes
ISO 639-3sns
Glottologsout2857
ELPNahavaq
Nahavaq is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Nahavaq, also known as South West Bay (Malekula) or Siesip, is one of the many languages of the Malekula Coast group of Vanuatu.

  1. ^ a b Nahavaq at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

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