OMB ISO 639-3
Ambae, East
Havai Autonym
A language of Vanuatu
- ISO 639
- omb
- Alternate Names
- Aoba, Northeast Ambae, Northeast Aoba, Oba, Omba
- Autonym
- Havai
- Population
- 5,000 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).
- Location:
- Penama province: Ambae (Leper’s) island.
- 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, East Vanuatu
- Dialects
- Lombaha (Lobaha), Longana, Lolokaro (Lolokara, Lolsiwoi), Lolovoli (leo tau Lolovoli), Sagau, Lolovinue, Lolopuepue, Ambangga, Walurigi, Nangire, Vuinikalato. About 15 dialects.
- Typology
- SVO.
- Language Development
- NT: 2014.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Ambae, East
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Penama province: Ambae (Leper’s) island.
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