Efate, North | Ethnologue

A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639: llp
Alternate Names: Nguna
Autonym: Nakanamanga
Population: 9,500 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).
Location:: Shefa province: north Efate island, Nguna, Tongoa, and several smaller islands, southeast Epi.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
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, Central Vanuatu
Dialects: Nguna (Guna, Ngunese, Tongoa), Buninga, Sesake, Emau, Paunangis, Livara.
Typology: SVO; 14 consonants and 5 vowels (for Nguna).
Language Use: Livara dialect is extinct. Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Emae [mmw], Eton [etn], Lelepa [lpa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Grammar. Bible: 1972.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Efate, North
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Shefa province: north Efate island, Nguna, Tongoa, and several smaller islands, southeast Epi.