Larëvat language

Larëvat
Larëvat
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Central Malekula
Native speakers	680 (2001)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu Central Vanuatu Malakula Malakula Interior Larëvat; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lrv
Glottolog	lare1249
ELP	Larëvat
	Larëvat is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Larëvat is an Oceanic language of central Malekula, Vanuatu.

The current population of Larëvat-speaking villages is estimated at around 675 speakers.^[2] They are located around Losinwei, which is also known as the "neck of the dog" due to the island looking like a sitting dog.

References

^ Larëvat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Lynch, John (2001). Languages of Vanuatu: A new survey and bibliography. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. p. 83. ISBN 0 85883 469 3.

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[e18-1] Larëvat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Lynch, John (2001). Languages of Vanuatu: A new survey and bibliography. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. p. 83. ISBN 0 85883 469 3.

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