Nethalp, or Lorediakarkar, is a language of the
East Santo languages
The Espiritu Santo languages (alternatively Santo languages) are a group of North Vanuatu languages spoken on Espiritu Santo Island in northern Vanuatu. Tryon (2010) considers the Espiritu Santo languages to be a coherent group.
Languages
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, a group of languages in the
Austronesian family of Languages. It is spoken by about 340 people out of an ethnic population of 850 on
Espiritu Santo Island in
Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...
. It is close to the
Shark Bay language.
References
Moseley, Christopher and R. E. Asher, ed. ''Atlas of the Worlds Languages''. (New York: Routelage, 1994)
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Languages of Vanuatu
Espiritu Santo languages
Critically endangered languages
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