Uripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin

A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639: upv
Alternate Names: Northeast Malakula
Autonym: Tirax
Population: 9,000 (Lynch and Crowley 2001). 1,380 Atchin, 3,450 Uripiv-Wala-Rano.
Location:: Malampa province: northeast Malekula and nearby islands.
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, Malekula Coastal
Dialects: Uripiv, Wala-Rano, Atchin (Nale). Dialect chain from Uripiv in the south to Atchin in the north. Lexical similarity: 85% at extremes of the dialect chain.
Typology: 19 consonants and 6 vowels, including a bilabial trill; stress generally on penultimate syllable.
Language Use: Used as L2 by Litzlitz [lzl], Maragus [mrs].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 2005.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Uripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Malampa province: northeast Malekula and nearby islands.