Lenakel is the largest town on the island of
Tanna 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 has a population of 1,473.
It is located on the west coast of the island near the administrative capital of
Isangel
Isangel is a town in Vanuatu.
Located on the island of Tanna, it is the provincial administrative capital of Tafea Province.
Population
The town has a population of about 1,200, most of them Melanesians; the major languages of the area are Le ...
and serves as a major port of entry.
Language
It is the center of the
Lenakel language, one of the five
Tanna languages
The nine South Vanuatu languages form a family of the Southern Oceanic languages, spoken in Tafea Province ( Tanna, Aneityum, Futuna, Erromango, and Aniwa) of Vanuatu.
Languages
*Erromango family
**Southern: Sie, Sorung†
**Northern: Ifo ( ...
native to the island; Vanuatu's official tongue, the
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
creole Bislama
Bislama (; ; also known by its earlier French name, ) is an English-based creole language and one of the official languages of Vanuatu. It is the first language of many of the "Urban ni-Vanuatu" (citizens who live in Port Vila and Luganville) ...
is spoken as well.
References
Populated places in Vanuatu
Tafea Province
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