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ALSO KNOWN AS		Naman, Litzlitz-Visele, Mallicolo
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central Vanuatu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		lzl
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Information from: “Naman: A vanishing language of Malakula (Vanuatu)” . Crowley, Terry (2006) Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15-20
Native speakers worldwide
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Naman is spoken only by a handful of adults and elderly community members.

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SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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The language is rarely used. The only situations where Naman can be used are when the few remaining older speakers converse to each other. There are essentially no Naman speaking households. One speaker has insisted on speaking only Naman to his two sons, but they respond in Neve'ei.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

No government support

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

No institutional support

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Neve'ei and Northeast Malakula

PLACES: Vanuatu

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Malakula. Spoken today in a few coastal villages around Litzlitz.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Naman was traditionaly spoken over a substantial area of what is often referred to as the Dog's Neck in central Malakula, from the mouth of the Aup river to Bushmans bay. The traditional area of language use also extended quite far inland.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Vanuatu

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Malekula

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
15 (Lynch and Crowley 2001)

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Vanuatu;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
330
Native speakers worldwide

	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing		Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	5		1-9							Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)								-16.1216,167.4337
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		15		10-99							Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Vanuatu	Malekula	-16.154074,167.481766;
Pacific Linguistics		2006	Naman: A vanishing language of Malakula (Vanuatu)				Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University	576			Crowley, Terry	Crowley, Terry. 2006. "Naman: A Vanishing Language of Malakula (Vanuatu)." 576: Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.	HHOLD	15-20		10-99	Naman is spoken only by a handful of adults and elderly community members.	Most domains	Neve'ei and Northeast Malakula	No government support	No institutional support	Most of the community speaks Neve'ei and Northeast Malakula	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	The language is rarely used. The only situations where Naman can be used are when the few remaining older speakers converse to each other. There are essentially no Naman speaking households. One speaker has insisted on speaking only Naman to his two sons, but they respond in Neve'ei.	15	15	Naman was traditionaly spoken over a substantial area of what is often referred to as the Dog's Neck in central Malakula, from the mouth of the Aup river to Bushmans bay. The traditional area of language use also extended quite far inland.	Vanuatu	Malakula. Spoken today in a few coastal villages around Litzlitz.	-16.114, 167.439
			World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		330		100-999							Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	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	15	2001	10-99	15 (Lynch and Crowley 2001)						Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Vanuatu;

Litzlitz

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Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15-20

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

330

Discussion

Litzlitz

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15-20

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

330

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