Axamb language
Ahamb, also spelled Axamb or Akhamb is an Oceanic language spoken in South Malakula, Vanuatu. Ahamb has around 1000 speakers, most of whom reside on the small low-lying Ahamb Island and the nearby Malekula mainland. The language is endangered due to a number of factors,[3] including climate change and environmental factors.
| Ahamb | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | South Malekula |
Native speakers | 950 (2017)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ahb |
| Glottolog | axam1237 |
| ELP | Ahamb[2] |
References
- Ahamb at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Ahamb.
External links
- Ahamb (Malekula, Vanuatu) - Language Contexts
- ELAR archive collection of recordings of Ahamb speech
- The bilabial trills of Ahamb (Vanuatu): Acoustic and articulatory properties
- Axamb resources in the OLAC Language Catalog
- Axamb resources in WorldCat
- The Story of the Reef Numbur in Ahamb and English
- Ahamb phrases and texts, 1999
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