Endangered Languages Project - Nese

Nese

^{[aka Matanvat]}

Classification: Austronesian

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Matanvat
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central Vanuatu
CODE AUTHORITY		LINGUIST List
LANGUAGE CODE		08o
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Information from: “Personal Communication” . Lana Takau (2014)

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
100
OLDER ADULTS
15
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Language immersion classes are scheduled to begin in March of 2014, which may help raise the number of second language speakers.

DATE OF INFO: 2014

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

There is one family that speaks it to the children, but the children answer with Bislama.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

No government support

PLACES: Vanuatu

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Malekula

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
20
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Malakula Island, Vanuatu

PLACES: Vanuatu

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: northwest tip of the island of Malakula

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Only a handful of speakers
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Vanuatu

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Malakula

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
160
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Vanuatu

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Malekula

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

-15.922193,167.187713

COORDINATES

-15.901,167.183

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Information from: “The exceptional linguistic density of Vanuatu” (1–21) . Alexandre François, Michael Franjieh, Sebastien Lacrampe, and Stefan Schnell (2015) , Alexandre François, Sebastien Lacrampe, Michael Franjieh, and Stefan Schnell · Asia Pacific Linguistics Open Access