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Amblong language
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| Amblong | |
|---|---|
| Varavara, Aje | |
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Espiritu Santo |
Native speakers | 300 (2015)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | alm |
| Glottolog | ambl1237 |
| ELP | Varavara |
 Amblong is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Amblong is an Oceanic language or dialect[2] spoken on inland southeastern Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu, in the village of Amblong.[2][3]
The language is probably endangered; children do not tend to learn it.[4]
Names
[edit]The alternate names for Amblong are Varavara and Aje.[5]
Classification
[edit]Amblong is generally classified as a language,[5][6] but has also been tentatively classified as a dialect of the proposed South-Central Santo language along with Ande and Narango.[2]
Selected vocabulary
[edit]The list below is a selected sample of words in Amblong:[7]
| Amblong | English |
|---|---|
| moyi | mosquito |
| mo-tol | three |
| oragʷe | he |
References
[edit]- ^ "The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity". ResearchGate.
- ^ a b c Lynch, John; Crowley, Terry. "Languages of Vanuatu: A new survey and bibliography". p. 56. Archived from the original on 2024-07-19.
- ^ 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) CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ "Did you know Varavara is endangered?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
- ^ a b "Glottolog 5.1 - Amblong". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
- ^ "Amblong | Ethnologue Free".
- ^ 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.