Language Family

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

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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