Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Naone, North Maewo, Sunwadia, Suñwadia
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Northern Vanuatu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mrb
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,400
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Lynch and Crowley (2001).

	2012	LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)				Institute for Language Information and Technology	Eastern Michigan University	http://llmap.org	Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie	Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.											-14.976036,168.121192
		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			180	100-999				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	2011	Le suñwadia: élements de description d'une langue du Vanuatu		Leuven: Peeters					Agnès Henri	Agnès Henri. 2011. "Le Suñwadia: Élements De Description D'une Langue Du Vanuatu." Leuven: Peeters.		Around 500	~500	100-999		Bislama	Widespread bilingualism in Bislama.	Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13	Vanuatu
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		1,400	1000-9999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from Lynch and Crowley (2001).			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Vanuatu;

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