TNN ISO 639-3
Tanna, North
Nən-naka Autonym
A language of Vanuatu
- ISO 639
- tnn
- Alternate Names
- Not Tana
- Autonym
- Nən-naka
- Population
- 5,000 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).
- Location:
- Tafea province: north Tanna island.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, South Vanuatu, Tanna
- Dialects
- East Tanna, West Tanna, Imafin. In a dialect chain. Reportedly similar to Whitesands [tnp].
- Typology
- SVO.
- Language Use
- Also use Bislama [bis], but many women and some men do not understand it.
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. NT: 2007.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Tanna, North
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Tafea province: north Tanna island.
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