Aveteian language

Aveteian (Dixon Reef) is a possibly extinct language of Vanuatu, presumably one of the Malekula Interior languages.^[2] In the early twentieth century it was spoken by a few families living to the north of Ninde.^[3]

Pronunciation[avəteián₂]

NativetoVanuatu

RegionMalakula

Native speakers

probably fewer than 50 (2007)^[1]

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Aveteian
Dixon Reef
Pronunciation	[avəteián₂]
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Malakula
Native speakers	probably fewer than 50 (2007)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu Central Vanuatu Malakula Malakula Interior Aveteian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dix
Glottolog	dixo1238
ELP	Aveteian
Aveteian is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

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