Sie | Ethnologue

A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639: erg
Alternate Names: Eromanga, Eromangan, Erramanga, Erromanga, Erromangan, Sye
Autonym: nam Eromaga
Population: 1,900 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).
Location:: Tafea province: Erromanga island.
Language Status: 6a* (Vigorous).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, South Vanuatu, Erromanga
Dialects: Yoku (Enyau), Potnariven, Sie (Sorung).
Typology: SVO; prepositions; no articles; verb affixes mark person and number; tense and aspect; causatives; 13 consonants and 5 vowels; stress on penultimate syllable; inclusive/exclusive pronouns; alienable/inalienable/prepositional possession.
Language Use: Used as L2 by Ura [uur].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1909.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Sie
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Tafea province: Erromanga island.