Litzlitz language

E617133

The Litzlitz language is an Oceanic language of the Naman (Litzlitz) people of Vanuatu, now highly endangered with only a small number of speakers remaining.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Litzlitz language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
endangered language
alternateName Litzlitz
Naman
continent Oceania
country Vanuatu
endangermentStatus severely endangered
ethnicGroup Naman (Litzlitz) people
linked to: Naman people
hasAlternativeClassification Malakula languages
hasGlottocode namm1241
hasGlottologName Naman
hasISO639-3Code nnm
isPartOf languages of Malakula
languages of Vanuatu
languageBranch Oceanic languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageGroup Central Vanuatu languages
Southern Oceanic languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
numberOfSpeakers small number of speakers
region Malakula Island
spokenBy Litzlitz people
Naman people
spokenIn Malakula
Vanuatu
status highly endangered
threatenedBy language shift to Bislama
language shift to other local languages
usedByCommunity Naman village community
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Naman alternateName Litzlitz language
Litzlitz hasAlternateName Litzlitz language