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DIX ISO 639-3

Dixon Reef

A language of Vanuatu

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50 (1982 SIL). Ethnic population: 60 (1982 SIL).
Malampa province: southwest Malekula.
6b (Threatened).
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Malekula Interior, Small Nambas
Seriously endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Under pressure from neighboring languages Avava [tmb] and Nahavaq [sns] (Wurm 2007). Most key domains. Some young people, all adults. Positive attitudes.
Location: Malampa province: southwest Malekula.