Amblong language

Oceanic language spoken in Vanuatu From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amblong is an Oceanic language or dialect[2] spoken on inland southeastern Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu, in the village of Amblong.[2][3]

NativetoVanuatu
RegionEspiritu Santo
Native speakers
300 (2015)[1]
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Amblong
Varavara, Aje
Native toVanuatu
RegionEspiritu Santo
Native speakers
300 (2015)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3alm
Glottologambl1237
ELPVaravara
Amblong is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
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The language is probably endangered; children do not tend to learn it.[4]

Names

The alternate names for Amblong are Varavara and Aje.[5]

Classification

Amblong is generally classified as a language,[5][6] but has also been tentatively classified as a dialect of the proposed South-Central Santo language along with Ande and Narango.[2]

Selected vocabulary

The list below is a selected sample of words in Amblong:[7]

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Amblong English
moyi mosquito
mo-tol three
oragʷe he
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