The South Vanuatu languages are a family of nine Southern Oceanic languages spoken in Tafea Province, Vanuatu, on the islands of Tanna, Aneityum, Futuna, Erromango and Aniwa. They belong to the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian family, and their reconstructed ancestor, Proto-South Vanuatu, was proposed by linguist John Lynch in 2001.
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Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor RegionTafea Province, Vanuatu 2 Proto-Language StatusReconstructed: Proto-South Vanuatu (John Lynch, 2001) 2 Compare
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Southern Vanuatu (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 9
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: South Vanuatu languages
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The nine South Vanuatu languages form a family of the Southern Oceanic languages, spoken in Tafea Province (Tanna, Aneityum, Futuna, Erromango, and Aniwa) of Vanuatu.
Section: Proto-South Vanuatu
Proto-South Vanuatu was reconstructed by John Lynch in 2001.
Infobox: protoname
Proto-South Vanuatu
View the SourceWikidata: South Vanuatu languages
Wikidata Q3070173, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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