Vao language

Vao is an Austronesian language of the Oceanic branch spoken by about 1,900 people on Vao Island and on the nearby shores of Malakula Island, Vanuatu.^[2]

RegionVao Island and northern Malakula, Vanuatu

Native speakers

(1,900 cited 2001)^[1]

Language family

Austronesian

• Malayo-Polynesian
  • Oceanic
    • Southern Oceanic
      • North-Central Vanuatu
        • Central Vanuatu
          • Malakula
            • Malakula Interior
              • Vao

ISO 639-3vao

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Vao
Region	Vao Island and northern Malakula, Vanuatu
Native speakers	(1,900 cited 2001)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu Central Vanuatu Malakula Malakula Interior Vao
Language codes
ISO 639-3	vao
Glottolog	vaoo1237
Vao is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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