Malekula Interior languages

Malekula Interior
Malekula Interior
Geographic; distribution	Malakula, Vanuatu
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North Vanuatu Malekula Interior; ; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Labo; Malekula Central; Small Nambas;

The dozen Malekula Interior languages are a branch of the North Vanuatu languages.

Languages

The languages have been classified as follows:^[1]

Ninde (Labo)
Small Nambas
Malekula Central
- Avava (Katbol)
- Lingarak (Neverver)
- Vinmavis (Neve'ei)
- Litzlitz (Naman)
- Larevat
- Maragus
- Big Nambas

A number of other, critically endangered or recently extinct languages are or were spoken in the interior of Malekula, and presumably belong with the Malekula Interior languages. They are Aveteian, Navwien, Sörsörian.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Clark, Ross. 2009. *Leo Tuai: A comparative lexical study of North and Central Vanuatu languages. Canberra ACT.: Pacific Linguistics (Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University).
^ Lynch & Crowley, 2001, Languages of Vanuatu: A New Survey and Bibliography. Australian National University.
^ Robert Blust, 2013, The Austronesian Languages[1]

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[1] Clark, Ross. 2009. *Leo Tuai: A comparative lexical study of North and Central Vanuatu languages. Canberra ACT.: Pacific Linguistics (Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University).

[2] Lynch & Crowley, 2001, Languages of Vanuatu: A New Survey and Bibliography. Australian National University.

[3] Robert Blust, 2013, The Austronesian Languages[1]

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