Tangoa language
| Tangoa | |
|---|---|
| Movono | |
| Region | Tangoa Island, Vanuatu |
Native speakers | 800 (2001)[1] |
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Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
tgp |
| Glottolog |
tang1347[2] |
Tangoa, or Movono, is an Oceanic language spoken on Tangoa Island, south of Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu.
Characteristics
Tangoa is one of the few languages of Vanuatu, and indeed of the world, possessing a set of linguolabial consonants.
References
- ↑ Tangoa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tangoa". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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