|
Penama Languages
The Central Vanuatu languages form a linkage (linguistics), linkage of Southern Oceanic languages spoken in central Vanuatu. Languages Clark (2009) Clark (2009) provides the following classification of the Central Vanuatu languages, divided into geographic areas. Outlier (aberrant) languages identified by Clark (2009) are in ''italics''. Clark's Central Vanuatu branch is wider in scope, including not only the Shepherd–Efate languages, but also the Malakula languages, Malakula and Ambrym–Paama–Epi languages. *Central Vanuatu **Malakula languages ***Northeast Malakula language, Northeast Malakula (Uripiv language, Uripiv), Vao language, Vao, Vovo; ''Mpotovoro language, Mpotovoro'' ***''Dirak language, Dirak'', ''Malua Bay language, Malua Bay'' ***''V'ënen Taut language, V’ënen Taut'', ''Tape language, Tape'' ***''Larevat language, Larevat'', ''Neve'ei language, Neve’ei'', ''Naman language, Naman'' ***''Navava language, Navava'', ''Nevwervwer language, Nevwervwer'' ***Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east of New Guinea, southeast of Solomon Islands, and west of Fiji. Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesians, Melanesian people. The first Europeans to visit the islands were a Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Fernandes de Queirós, who arrived on the largest island, Espíritu Santo, in 1606. Queirós claimed the archipelago for Spain, as part of the colonial Spanish East Indies and named it . In the 1880s, France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom claimed parts of the archipelago, and in 1906, they agreed on a framework for jointly managing the archipelago as the New Hebrides through an Anglo-French condominium (international law), condominium. An independence movem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |