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ALSO KNOWN AS		Vinmavis, Lambumbu, Mallicolo
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central Vanuatu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		vnm
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Winiv
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Information from: “A grammar of Neve'ei” . Jill Musgrave (2007) Canberra: Pacific Linguistics

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
500
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are 500 "primary speakers" and 750 speakers total. It is not clear what criteria were used to determine primary from non-primary speakers.

DOMAINS OF USE

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Public Policy in Vanuatu protects minority languages but promotes English as the language of education and Bislama as the national lingua franca.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Bislama
English

PLACES: Vanuatu

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken primarily in Vinmavis village on the west coast of Malekul island. Also spoken in 'Aran, about one kilometer south of Vinmavis.Spoken in Lowisal which is several Kilometers inland from Vinmavis. Spoken in Tisvel Point and Loloang. Spoken in Vilmbil, about seven kilometers north of Vinmavis and in Longarakh and Khatbol, several kilometers inland along the Nurumbat river from bushman's bay on the opposite (east) coast of the island.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
500
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
710
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (Musgrave 2007)

PLACES: Vanuatu;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Central west Malekula Island

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
210
Native speakers worldwide

500
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Vanuatu

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Malekula

			2007	A grammar of Neve'ei				Canberra: Pacific Linguistics			Jill Musgrave				500	100-999	There are 500 "primary speakers" and 750 speakers total. It is not clear what criteria were used to determine primary from non-primary speakers.	250?	Bislama, English	Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Public Policy in Vanuatu protects minority languages but promotes English as the language of education and Bislama as the national lingua franca.	12	Vanuatu	Spoken primarily in Vinmavis village on the west coast of Malekul island. Also spoken in 'Aran, about one kilometer south of Vinmavis.Spoken in Lowisal which is several Kilometers inland from Vinmavis. Spoken in Tisvel Point and Loloang. Spoken in Vilmbil, about seven kilometers north of Vinmavis and in Longarakh and Khatbol, several kilometers inland along the Nurumbat river from bushman's bay on the opposite (east) coast of the island.	-16.2348006, 167.38699
				World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			210	100-999				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	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			500								Vanuatu	Malekula	-16.227020,167.401259;
0199255911			2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.													-16.1666666667,167.416666667
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	710	500	100-999	Speaker number data: (Musgrave 2007)			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Vanuatu;	Central west Malekula Island

Vinmavis

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Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

500

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

500

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

210

500

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Vinmavis

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Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

500

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

500

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

210

500

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