Ura (Vanuatu)
[aka Aryau, Arau]Classification: Austronesian
·critically endangered
Classification: Austronesian
·critically endangered
Aryau, Arau |
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Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, South Vanuatu |
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uur |
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Information from: “Ura: a disappearing language of Southern Vanuatu” (xiii, 226 S.) . Crowley, Terry (1999) Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
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There were only a handful of speakers in their 70's and 80's in the late 1990's. It is unlikely that the language is still being used today
Unpogkor (Dillans Bay), north Erromango
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
Erromango
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Speaker number data: (T. Crowley 1998)
Southern Vanuatu, North Erromanga Island
Information from: “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge
Erromanga
No literacy in the language
Northern part of Erromanga Island
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press