Port Sandwich

A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639: psw
Alternate Names: Lamap
Population: 750 (Crowley 2002d).
Location:: Malampa province: southeast Malekula.
Language Status: 8b (Nearly extinct).
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, Malekula Coastal
Dialects: Several dialects; similar to Axamb [ahb] and Maskelynes [klv].
Typology: SVO; prepositions; noun head initial; dual number; no articles; aspect; 19 consonants and 7 vowels; stress is on penultimate syllable; inclusive/exclusive pronouns; alienable/inalienable possession.
Language Use: Shifted to Bislama [bis].

Location: Malampa province: southeast Malekula.