Paama | Ethnologue

A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639: pma
Alternate Names: Paama-Lopevi, Paamese, Pauma
Autonym: selusien ten out Voum
Population: 6,000 (1996 SIL).
Location:: Malampa province: Paama, 1 village on east Epi (Lopevi), large group in Vila.
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: North Paama, South Paama. Reportedly similar to Southeast Ambrym [tvk].
Typology: 18 consonants and 5 vowels; stress on antipenultimate syllable.
Language Use: Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Lamenu [lmu].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1944–2015.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Paama
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Malampa province: Paama, 1 village on east Epi (Lopevi), large group in Vila.