Mwerlap language
Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mwerlap is an Oceanic language spoken in the south of the Banks Islands in Vanuatu.
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Mwerlap | |
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Merelava, Merlav | |
N̄wërlap | |
Pronunciation | [ŋʷɞrˈlap] |
Native to | Vanuatu |
Region | Merelava, Gaua |
Native speakers | ca. 1,100 (2012)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mrm |
Glottolog | merl1237 |
Mwerlap is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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Its 1,100 speakers live mostly in Merelava and Merig, but a fair proportion have also settled on the east coast of Gaua island.[2] Besides, a number of Mwerlap speakers live in the two cities of Vanuatu, Port Vila and Luganville.