Tangoa language
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Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
Tangoa | |
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Mara Tatagoa | |
Region | Tangoa Island, Vanuatu |
Native speakers | 800 (2001)[1] |
Language family | Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tgp |
Glottolog | tang1347 |
ELP | Tangoa |
Tangoa, or Leon Tatagoa, is an Oceanic language spoken on Tangoa Island, south of Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu. The community was an early settlement for Christian missionaries, leading to its use as a linguafranca in the area.[2]
Characteristics[]
Tangoa is one of the few languages of Vanuatu, and indeed of the world, possessing a set of linguolabial consonants.
References[]
- ^ Tangoa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Vari-Bogiri, Hannah (2008). "A Sociolinguistic Survey of Araki: A Dying Language of Vanuatu". Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 26 (1). doi:10.1080/14790710508668398.
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