Vao

E603844

Vao is an Oceanic language spoken in northern Vanuatu, primarily on Vao Island off the coast of Malakula.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Vao canonical 3

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Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
natural language
belongsTo Malakula languages area
continent Oceania
country Vanuatu
hasAlternativeName Vao (Vanuatu)
Vao language
hasDomain local community life on Vao Island
hasISO639-3Code vao
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order (subject–verb–object)
prepositional language
hasNeighboringLanguage Atchin
Naman
Uripiv
V’ënen Taut
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
prenasalized stops
hasStatus local language of Vao Island
isEndangered true
isMinorityLanguageIn Vanuatu
isSpokenBy Vao people
isUsedFor everyday communication
oral tradition
languageBranch Southern Oceanic languages
languageFamily Austronesian
languageSubfamily Oceanic
region northern Vanuatu
spokenIn Malakula region
Vanuatu
Vao Island
northern Vanuatu
spokenOffCoastOf Malakula
spokenOn Vao Island
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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