Tamambo, the language of west Malo, Vanuatu
- Description:
- Tamambo is a conservative Oceanic language of the Northern Vanuatu subgroup (Lynch, Ross, and Crowley 2002) spoken on Malo, a small island just south of the country’s largest: Santo. Tamambo is currently the only language of the island, another dialect (Tamapo) being almost extinct. Use of Tamambo is still strong, particularly on the western side of the island where it originated, and it is also spoken by sizable “off-island” communities in Vanuatu’s main towns of Luganville and Port Vila. Jauncey estimates that there are currently approxima...
- Display date:
- 2015
- Location:
- Vanuatu
- Format:
- book
- Collections:
- Australian National University Library
- Publisher:
- Asia-Pacific Linguistics, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University
- Content partner:
- Australian National University Library
- Availability:
- Not specified
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