Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Mosina
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Northern Vanuatu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		msn
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		François et al. (2015:18) lists Mwesen as an independent language from Vurës.

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LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Mwesen, with about 10 speakers, is giving way to the locally dominant language Vurës."

	Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia				2015	The exceptional linguistic density of Vanuatu	The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity	1–21		Alexandre François, Sebastien Lacrampe, Michael Franjieh, and Stefan Schnell		Asia Pacific Linguistics Open Access			Canberra					http://hdl.handle.net/1885/14819	Alexandre François, Michael Franjieh, Sebastien Lacrampe, and Stefan Schnell	Alexandre François, Michael Franjieh, Sebastien Lacrampe, and Stefan Schnell. 2015. The exceptional linguistic density of Vanuatu. In "The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity", ed. by Alexandre François, Sebastien Lacrampe, Michael Franjieh, and Stefan Schnell. Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia, 5. Canberra: Asia Pacific Linguistics Open Access. Pp. 1–21. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/14819						10		10-99													Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15							Vanuatu	Banks Islands (Vanua Lava)	-13.898, 167.538
					2011	Social ecology and language history in the northern Vanuatu linkage: A tale of divergence and convergence		175-246					Journal of Historical Linguistics	1							Alexandre François	Alexandre François. 2011. "Social Ecology and Language History in the Northern Vanuatu Linkage: A Tale of Divergence and Convergence." In Journal of Historical Linguistics, 1: 175-246.						10		10-99						Vurës				"Mwesen, with about 10 speakers, is giving way to the locally dominant language Vurës."			Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15				15			Vanuatu	Banks Islands (Vanua Lava)

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