Port Sandwich language
| Port Sandwich | |
|---|---|
| Lamap | |
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Malekula |
Native speakers | 1,200 (2001)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
psw |
| Glottolog |
port1285[2] |
Port Sandwich, or Lamap, is an Oceanic language spoken in southeast Malekula, Vanuatu, on the eastern tip of the island. It was first described in 1979 by French linguist Jean-Michel Charpentier.[3]
Nisvai is a separate language.[4]
References
- ↑ Port Sandwich at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Port Sandwich". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Charpentier, Jean-Michel (1979). La langue de Port-Sandwich (Nouvelles-Hébrides): introduction phonologique et grammaire. SELAF. Paris: Langues et Civilisations à Tradition Orale. p. 208. ISBN 9782852970564. Retrieved 28 Nov 2014.
- ↑ Lynch, John & Terry Crowley. 2001. Languages of Vanuatu: A new survey and bibliography. Canberra: Australian National University.
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