Tamambo
[aka Malo, Tamabo,]Classification: Austronesian
·vulnerable
Classification: Austronesian
·vulnerable
Malo, Tamabo |
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Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Northern Vanuatu |
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ISO 639-3 |
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mla |
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Information from: “Tamambo, the language of west Malo, Vanuatu” . D. Jauncey (2011) Canberra: Pacific Linguistics
Some children can be found who are first language Bislama speakers, but this is still quite rare.
Bislama
English
Bislama influence is strong. Much of the east coast has been settled by outsiders, resulting in localized language loss. The west coast, where most Tamambo is spoken today, is strongly influenced by Bislama, but it does not seem to be replacing Tamambo in the west.
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
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
Espiritu Santo, Malo