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Amblong language

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Oceanic language spoken in Vanuatu
Amblong
Varavara, Aje
Native toVanuatu
RegionEspiritu Santo
Native speakers
300 (2015)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3alm
Glottologambl1237
ELPVaravara
Amblong is classified as Definitely Endangered by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Amblong is anOceanic language or dialect[2] spoken on inland southeasternEspiritu Santo Island inVanuatu, in the village of Amblong.[2][3]

The language is probably endangered; children do not tend to learn it.[4]

Names

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The alternate names for Amblong are Varavara and Aje.[5]

Classification

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Amblong is generally classified as a language,[6][7] but has also been tentatively classified as a dialect of the proposed South-Central Santo language along withAnde andNarango.[2]

Selected vocabulary

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The list below is a selected sample of words in Amblong:[8]

AmblongEnglish
moyimosquito
mo-tolthree
oragʷehe

References

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  1. ^https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301604979_The_Languages_of_Vanuatu_Unity_and_Diversity
  2. ^abcLynch, John; Crowley, Terry."Languages of Vanuatu: A new survey and bibliography". p. 56.
  3. ^Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages. Internet Archive. London : Routledge. 2007. p. 471.ISBN 978-0-7007-1197-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^"Did you know Varavara is endangered?".Endangered Languages. Retrieved2025-02-13.
  5. ^"Glottolog 5.1 - Amblong".glottolog.org. Retrieved2025-02-13.
  6. ^"Glottolog 5.1 - Amblong".glottolog.org. Retrieved2025-02-13.
  7. ^"Amblong Language (ALM)".
  8. ^Tryon, D. T. (Darrell T. ) (1976).New Hebrides languages : an internal classification. Internet Archive. Canberra : Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University.ISBN 978-0-85883-152-0.
Official languages
Indigenous
languages
(Southern
Oceanic

andPolynesian)
North
Vanuatu
Torres–Banks
Penama
Espiritu Santo
Central
Vanuatu
Epi
Malakula
South Vanuatu
Polynesian
North
Vanuatu
Torres–Banks
Maewo–Ambae–
North Pentecost
South Pentecost
Espiritu Santo
Nuclear
Southern
Oceanic
Central Vanuatu
South Vanuatu
Erromango
Tanna
Loyalties–
New Caledonia
Loyalty Islands
New Caledonian
Southern
Northern
  • * indicates proposed status
  • ? indicates classification dispute
  • † indicatesextinct status
Formosan
Malayo-Polynesian
Western
Philippine
Greater Barito*
Greater North Borneo*
Celebic
South Sulawesi
Central
Eastern
SHWNG
Oceanic
Western
Southern
  • * indicates proposed status
  • ? indicates classification dispute
  • † indicatesextinct status

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