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Torres-Banks languages

New Guinea and Pacific Language Families

The Torres-Banks languages form a linkage of Southern Oceanic languages spoken in the Torres Islands and Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu.

Facts
Region
Torres Islands and Banks Islands, Torba Province, northern Vanuatu 1
Speaker Count
9400 1
Proto-Language Status
Proto-Torres-Banks, viewed as a mutually-intelligible chain of dialects 1
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Torres-Banks languages
  • Infobox, region
    Torres Islands and Banks Islands, Torba Province, northern Vanuatu
  • Languages
    spoken by 9,400 people
  • Proto-language
    The common ancestor of all Torres-Banks languages is called
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