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Wailapa language information


Wailapa
Ale
Native toVanuatu
RegionEspiritu Santo
Native speakers
500[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Southern Oceanic
        • North-Central Vanuatu
          • North Vanuatu
            • Espiritu Santo
              • Wailapa
Language codes
ISO 639-3wlr
Glottologwail1242
ELPWailapa
Wailapa is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Wailapa, or Ale, is an Oceanic language spoken on Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu. It is in a dialect chain between Akei and Penantsiro,[clarification needed][2] but these are not mutually intelligible.

  1. ^ François (2015), p.19
  2. ^ Ethnologue identifies Penantsiro with the code for Piamatsina, but this would not seem to be credible.

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