Wailapa language

Wailapa
Wailapa
Ale
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Espiritu Santo
Native speakers	(100 cited 1981)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic Northern Vanuatu Northeast Vanuatu – Banks Islands West Santo Wailapa; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wlr
Glottolog	wail1242
ELP	Wailapa

Wailapa, or Ale, is an Oceanic language spoken on Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu. It is in a dialect chain between Akei and ,^{[clarification needed]}^[2] but these are not mutually intelligible.

References[]

^ Wailapa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ Ethnologue identifies Penantsiro with the code for Piamatsina, but this would not seem to be credible.

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[e18-1] Wailapa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] Ethnologue identifies Penantsiro with the code for Piamatsina, but this would not seem to be credible.

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