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Navwien language information


Navwien
Native toVanuatu
RegionMalakula
Native speakers
"handful" (2013)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Southern Oceanic
        • North-Central Vanuatu
          • Central Vanuatu
            • Malakula
              • Malakula Interior
                • Navwien
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottolognavw1234
ELPNavwien
Navwien is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Navwien is a possibly extinct language of Vanuatu, presumably one of the Malekula Interior languages.[1] It was spoken in the southwestern corner of Malekula, near Malfaxal.

  1. ^ a b Robert Blust, 2013, The Austronesian Languages

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