Avava language
Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Avava (Navava), also known as Katbol, Tembimbe-Katbol, or Bangsa’ is an Oceanic language of central Malekula, Vanuatu. It has nasalized fricatives and a bilabial trill.
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Avava | |
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Katbol | |
Native to | Vanuatu |
Region | Central Malekula |
Native speakers | 700 (2001)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tmb |
Glottolog | katb1237 |
ELP | Avava |
Avava is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
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The four Avava-speaking villages speak or spoke, distinct dialects. Timbembe and Nevaar (Nɨviar) are still spoken. The Nivat (Nevat) and Bangasa (Umbrul) dialects are extinct. Bangasa/Bangsa', or more correctly Bangasak, was known as Numbuwul by its neighbors to the north; the endonym is Umbbuul [(u)ᵐʙuːl].