| Efatese | |
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| Fate | |
| Created by | Daniel Macdonald |
| Date | 19th century |
| Setting and usage | evangelism onEfate Island, now inVanuatu |
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| Sources | theOceanic languages of Efate |
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| ISO 639-3 | qef(local use), also used forKatembri |
| Glottolog | efat1235 |
| IETF | art-x-efatese |
Efatese is an artificialmixed language orzonal auxiliary language ofEfate Island inVanuatu. There are half a dozen languages spoken on Efate, of which the languages ofNorth Efate andSouth Efate are not particularly closely related, and when missionary activity began on the island, atPort Havannah in the northwest of the island, a mixture of the target languages was invented for evangelism and scripture, in preference to promoting one indigenous language over the others.
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