Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Other Sources:
AL 6:9 MIL
Consonant system:
p t nd k č β θ ð ɣ h m n ñ ŋ l r
Stops:p t nd k
Affricates:č
Fricatives:β θ ð ɣ h
Nasals:m n ñ ŋ
Laterals:l
Vibrants:r
Modified Consonants:cʷ p m
Glides:w
Front Vowels:i y e ø
Central Vowels:ǝ a
Back Vowels:u o
Demonstratives:2
Articles:art
Pronouns:
1 4die 4tie 4ie 2 5d 5t 5 3 6d 6t 6
Syntax:SVO NA NG POSS-N/N-POSS
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:3482
Language:Lehali
Location:N New Hebrides Is (N Ureparapara Is)
Population:100
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Other Sources:
Guy, Jacques Bernard Michel. 1978. "Proto-North New Hebridean Reconstructions," PL C61, 761-850. ML
Consonant system:
p t n̪d̪ k
β s ɣ h m n ŋ l
Stops:p t n̪d̪ k
Fricatives:β s ɣ h
Nasals:m n ŋ
Laterals:l
Modified Consonants:cʷ k m ŋ
Glides:j w
Front Vowels:i e ɛ æ
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o ɔ ɒ
Demonstratives:2
Articles:art
Pronouns:
1 4die 4ie 2 5d 5 3 6d 6
Syntax:NA N-POSS
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:3483
Language:Lehalurup
Location:N New Hebrides Is (S Ureparapara Is)
Population:60
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Consonant system:
Pronouns:
1 4die 4tie 4ie 2 5d 5t 5 3 6d 6t 6
Number:3484
Language:Motlav
Alternate Name:Mwotlap
Location:N New Hebrides Is (Mota Lava Is)
Population:850
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Other Sources:
Kasarhérou, Jacqueline. 1962 "Les changements vocaliques de trois préfixes en motlav", Te Reo 5, 32-4. WALS
Consonant system:
pʷ mb t nd k ŋɡ
v s ɣ h m n ŋ l
Stops:pʷ mb t nd k ŋɡ
Fricatives:v s ɣ h
Nasals:m n ŋ
Laterals:l
Modified Consonants:cʷ p mb k ŋɡ m ŋ
Glides:w
Front Vowels:i e ɛ
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o ɔ
Demonstratives:2
Articles:indef
Pronouns:
1 4die 4tie 4ie 2 5d 5t 5 3 6d 6t 6
Syntax:SVO NA NG POSS-N/N-POSS
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:3485
Language:Mota
Location:N New Hebrides Is (Mota Is)
Population:270
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Dictionary:Codrington, Robert H. and John A. Palmer. ????. A Dictionary of the Language of Mota, Sugarloaf Island, Banks Islands. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Other Sources:
AL 6:9 ML
Consonant system:
p t k
β s ɣ m n ŋ l r
Stops:p t k
Fricatives:β s ɣ
Nasals:m n ŋ
Laterals:l
Vibrants:r
Modified Consonants:cʷ p m
Glides:w
Front Vowels:i e
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o
Diphthongs:ai ae ao au
Demonstratives:2
Articles:art
Pronouns:
1 4die 4tie 4ie 2 5d 5t 5 3 6d 6t 6
Syntax:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS(inalien)/POSS-N (alien)
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:3486
Language:Vatrata
Dialect:Leon
Location:N New Hebrides Is (N Vanua Lava)
Population:100
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Other Sources:ML
Consonant system:
p t k ʔ
v s ɣ m n ŋ l r
Stops:p t k ʔ
Fricatives:v s ɣ
Nasals:m n ŋ
Laterals:l
Vibrants:r
Modified Consonants:cʷ p m
Glides:w
Front Vowels:i y e ø
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o
Demonstratives:2
Articles:indef
Pronouns:
1 4die 4tie 4ie 2 5d 5t 5 3 6d 6t 6
Syntax:NA POSS-N/N-POSS
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:3487
Language:Alo-Teqel
Location:N New Nebrides Is (SE Vanua Lava IS)
Population:extinct
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Other Sources:ML
Consonant system:
p t k ʔ
v s ɣ m n ŋ l r
Stops:p t k ʔ
Fricatives:v s ɣ
Nasals:m n ŋ
Laterals:l
Vibrants:r
Modified Consonants:cʷ p m
Glides:w
Front Vowels:i e
Central Vowels:ǝ a
Back Vowels:u o
Demonstratives:2
Articles:art
Pronouns:
1 4die 4tie 4ie 2 5d 5t 5 3 6d 6t 6
Syntax:ND N-POSS
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:3488
Language:Mosina
Alternate Name:Mosin, Vuras
Location:N New Hebrides Is (S Vanua Lava )
Population:400
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Other Sources:ML
Consonant system:
p t k
v s ɣ m n ŋ l r
Stops:p t k
Fricatives:v s ɣ
Nasals:m n ŋ
Laterals:l
Vibrants:r
Modified Consonants:cʷ p m
Glides:w
Front Vowels:i e
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o
Demonstratives:2
Articles:art
Pronouns:
1 4die 4tie 4ie 2 5d 5t 5 3 6d 6t 6
Syntax:NA NG POSS-N/N-POSS
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:3489
Language:Nume
Location:N New Hebrides Is (N Gaua Is )
Population:120
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Other Sources:ML
Consonant system:
mb t nd k
v s ɣ m n ŋ l r
Stops:mb t nd k
Fricatives:v s ɣ
Nasals:m n ŋ
Laterals:l
Vibrants:r
Modified Consonants:cʷ mb m
Glides:w
Front Vowels:i e
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o
Demonstratives:2
Articles:art
Pronouns:
1 4die 4tie 4ie 2 5d 5t 5 3 6d 6t 6
Syntax:NA NG POSS-N/N-POSS
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:3490
Language:Koro
Location:N New Hebrides Is (SW Gaua Is )
Population:70
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Consonant system:
Number:3491
Language:Wetamut
Location:N New Hebrides Is (SE Gaua Is )
Population:70
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Consonant system:
Number:3492
Language:Lakona
Alternate Name:Gog
Location:N New Hebrides Is (NW Gaua Is )
Population:80
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Other Sources:ML
Consonant system:
p t d k ʔ č v θ ð s ɣ h m n ŋ l r
Stops:p t d k ʔ
Affricates:č
Fricatives:v θ ð s ɣ h
Nasals:m n ŋ
Laterals:l
Vibrants:r
Modified Consonants:cʷ p m
Glides:w
Front Vowels:i e
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o
Demonstratives:2
Articles:def, indef
Pronouns:
1 4die 4tie 4ie 2 5d 5t 5 3 6d 6t 6
Syntax:POSS-N/N-POSS
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:3493
Language:Merlav
Location:N New Hebrides Is (Mere Gaua Is )
Population:850
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Other Sources:
ML WPF
Consonant system:
mb t nd k
v s ɣ m n ŋ l r
Stops:mb t nd k
Fricatives:v s ɣ
Nasals:m n ŋ
Laterals:l
Vibrants:r
Modified Consonants:cʷ k m
Glides:w
Front Vowels:i e
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o
Demonstratives:2
Articles:art
Pronouns:
1 4die 4tie 4ie 2 5d 5t 5 3 6d 6t 6
Syntax:NA POSS-N/N-POSS
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:3494
Language:Marino
Location:N New Hebrides Is (N Maewo Is )
Population:90
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Grammar:Ivens, W. G. 1941. "A Grammar of the Language of Lotora, Maewo, New Hebrides, Melanesia," BSOAS 10, 679-98.
Other Sources:
AL 6:9 ML
Consonant system:
p mb t nd k
v s ɣ m n ŋ l r
Stops:p mb t nd k
Fricatives:v s ɣ
Nasals:m n ŋ
Laterals:l
Vibrants:r
Modified Consonants:cʷ mb m
Glides:w
Front Vowels:i e
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o
Long Vowels:v̄
Diphthongs:ae ai ao au ei
Demonstratives:2
Articles:art
Pronouns:
1 4ie 2 5 3 6
Syntax:NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:3495
Language:Central Maewo
Location:N New Hebrides Is (C Maewo Is )
Population:350
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Other Sources:WPF
Consonant system:
Pronouns:
1 4die 4tie 4ie 2 5d 5t 5 3 6d 6t 6
Number:3496
Language:Baetora
Location:N New Hebrides Is (SC Maewo Is )
Population:500
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Consonant system:
Number:3497
Language:Northeast Aoban
Alternate Name:Oba
Location:N New Hebrides Is (NE Aoba Is )
Population:3,000
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Dictionary:Ivens, W. G. 1940 . "A Grammar of the Language of Lobaha Lepers' Island, New Hebrides, Melanesia," BSOAS 10, 345-63.
Other Sources:
Guy, Jacques Bernard Michel. 1978. "Proto-North New Hebridean Reconstructions," PL C61, 781-850. AL 6:9 ML
Consonant system:
mb t nd k ʔ
β s ɣ h m n ŋ l r
Stops:mb t nd k ʔ
Fricatives:β s ɣ h
Nasals:m n ŋ
Laterals:l
Vibrants:r
Modified Consonants:cʷ mb m
Glides:w
Front Vowels:i e
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o
Diphthongs:ae ai ao au ei eo eu
Demonstratives:2
Articles:art
Pronouns:
1 4die 4tie 4ie 2 5d 5 3 6d 6
Syntax:SVO NA NG ND N-POSS
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:3498
Language:Nduindui
Location:N New Hebrides Is (W Aoba Is )
Population:3,000
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Consonant system:
Number:3499
Language:Raga
Location:NC New Hebrides Is (N Pentecost Island )
Population:2,300
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides
Grammar:Ivens, W. G. 1938. "A Grammar of the Language of Lamalanga, North Raga, New Hebrides, " BSOAS 9, 733-63.
Other Sources:
Walsh, D. S. 1962. "The Phonemes of Raga," Te Reo 5, 57-60. AL 6:9 ML
Consonant system:
mb t nd k ŋɡ
f v s ɣ h m n ŋ l ɾ
Stops:mb t nd k ŋɡ
Fricatives:f v s ɣ h
Nasals:m n ŋ
Laterals:l
Vibrants:ɾ
Modified Consonants:cʷ mb f m
Glides:w
Front Vowels:i e
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o
Diphthongs:ai ao au ei
Stress:penult
Demonstratives:2
Pronouns:
1 4die 4tie 4ie 2 5d 5t 5 3 6d 6t 6
Syntax:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM POSS-N/N-POSS
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:3500
Language:Apma
Location:NC New Hebrides Is (C Pentecost Island )
Population:3,000
Classification:Austric: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Central-Eastern: Eastern: Oceanic: Remote: Central & Northern New Hebrides: East New Hebrides