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 Two li ...

, 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 Ngen, or Shark Bay, is one of the East Santo languages group of languages. It is spoken on Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu. It has about 450 speakers. It is close to Lorediakarkar Nethalp, or Lorediakarkar, is a language of the East Santo languages ...

References

Moseley, Christopher and R. E. Asher, ed. ''Atlas of the Worlds Languages''. (New York: Routelage, 1994) } Languages of Vanuatu Espiritu Santo languages Critically endangered languages {{SOceanic-lang-stub