Nethalp, or Lorediakarkar, is a language of the East Santo languages, a group of languages in the Austronesian family of Languages. It is spoken by about 340 people out of an ethnic population of 850 on Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu. It is close to the Shark Bay language.
Nethalp | |
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Lorediakarkar | |
Native to | Vanuatu |
Region | Santo Island, east coast |
Native speakers | 340 (2000)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lnn |
Glottolog | lore1244 |
ELP | |
Nethalp is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
References
edit- ^ Nethalp at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Moseley, Christopher and R. E. Asher, ed. Atlas of the Worlds Languages. (New York: Routelage, 1994)
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