| Altname | Nawal |
|---|---|
| States | Vanuatu |
| Region | Tanna Island |
| Speakers | 4,500 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Ref | e18 |
| Familycolor | Austronesian |
| Fam 2 | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam 3 | Oceanic |
| Fam 4 | Southern Oceanic |
| Fam 5 | South Vanuatu |
| Fam 6 | Tanna |
| Iso 3 | nwi |
| Glotto | sout2869 |
| Glottorefname | Southwest Tanna |
Southwest Tanna is a dialect chain spoken on the southwestern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. Lynch (1982) names three major dialects: Nivhaal in the north-west of the language area (spelt "Nauvhal" in publicity for the 2015 film Tanna), Nivai in the south-west, and Nelpwaai in the north-east.[1]
References
- ^ John Lynch (1982). "South-West Tanna Grammar Outline and Vocabulary". Papers in Linguistics of Melanesia. 4
External links
- Database of audio recordings in language of Tanna, Southwest - basic Catholic prayers
- Paradisec has two collections of Arthur Cappell's materials (AC1, AC2) that include Southwest Tanna language materials.
- Nehrbass's Comprehensive lexicon contains data on the dialects of the Southwest Tanna language ([1])