Wailapa, or Ale, is an
Oceanic language spoken on
Espiritu Santo
Espiritu Santo (, ; ) is the largest island in the nation of Vanuatu, with an area of and a population of around 40,000 according to the 2009 census.
Geography
The island belongs to the archipelago of the New Hebrides in the Pacific region o ...
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 in a
dialect chain between
Akei and
Penantsiro,
[Ethnologue identifies Penantsiro with the code for Piamatsina, but this would not seem to be credible.] but these are not mutually intelligible.
References
Espiritu Santo languages
Languages of Vanuatu
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