Whitesands

A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639: tnp
Alternate Names: Napuanmen, Whitsands
Population: 7,500 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).
Location:: Tafea province: Tanna island east coast.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, South Vanuatu, Tanna
Dialects: Weasisi (Wassisi), Lometimeti.
Typology: SVO.
Language Use: Shifting to English [eng].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. NT: 1924–2014.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Whitesands
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Tafea province: Tanna island east coast.