Nisvai language

Nisvai
	Vetbon
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Malekula
Native speakers	200 (2001)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic Central Vanuatu Malakula Eastern Nisvai; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	nisv1234
ELP	Nisvai[2]

Nisvai is an Oceanic language spoken in southeast Malekula, Vanuatu, on the eastern tip of the island, by about 200 speakers.[3][1]

The languages surrounding Nisvai include, or used to include, Port Sandwich, Nasvang, Sörsörian, Axamb and Avok.[3]

References

Lynch, John & Terry Crowley. 2001. Languages of Vanuatu: A new survey and bibliography. Canberra: Australian National University.
Endangered Languages Project data for Nisvai.
Charpentier, Jean-Michel (1982). Atlas linguistique du Sud - Malekula—Linguistic Atlas of South Malekula (Vanuatu). Paris: Centre National de la Recherche.

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