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Whitesands language information


Whitesands
East Tanna
Native toVanuatu
RegionTanna Island, east coast
Native speakers
7,500 (2001)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Southern Oceanic
        • South Vanuatu
          • Tanna
            • Whitesands
Language codes
ISO 639-3tnp
Glottologwhit1269
Whitesands is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Whitesands, or East Tanna, is a language spoken on the eastern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. It is closely related to the North Tanna and Lenakel languages.[2]

  1. ^ Whitesands at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Hammond, J. (2009). The grammar of nouns and verbs in Whitesands, an oceanic language of Southern Vanuatu. Master Thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney. link

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