Axamb

A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639: ahb
Alternate Names: Ahamb, Naujin sdrato
Population: 950 (2017 T. Rangelov).
Location:: Malampa province: south Malekula.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands, Malekula Coastal
Dialects: None known. Similar to Port Sandwich [psw].
Typology: SVO; prepositions; noun head initial; contrastive bilabial trills.
Language Use: Home; Mixed: traditional events, community, religion. Some young people, all adults. Many also use Bislama [bis] (Rangelov et al 2019).
Language Development: Bible portions: 1935–2018.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Axamb
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Christian.

Location: Malampa province: south Malekula.