Port Sandwich language

Port Sandwich, or Lamap, is an Oceanic language spoken in southeast Malekula, Vanuatu, on the eastern tip of the island. It was first described in 1979 by French linguist Jean-Michel Charpentier.^[2]

NativetoVanuatu

RegionMalekula

Native speakers

(1,200 cited 2001)^[1]

Language family

Austronesian

• Malayo-Polynesian
  • Oceanic
    • Southern Oceanic
      • North-Central Vanuatu
        • Central Vanuatu
          • Malakula
            • Malakula Coastal
              • Port Sandwich

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Port Sandwich
Lamap
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Malekula
Native speakers	(1,200 cited 2001)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu Central Vanuatu Malakula Malakula Coastal Port Sandwich
Language codes
ISO 639-3	psw
Glottolog	port1285
ELP	Port Sandwich
Port Sandwich is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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Nisvai is a separate language.^[3]