Mota language

Mota language
Mota
Spoken in Vanuatu
Region Mota island
Native speakers 750[1]  (date missing)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mtt

Mota is an Oceanic language spoken by about 750 people on Mota island, in the Banks Islands of Vanuatu.

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History

During the period 1840-1940, Mota was used as a missionary lingua franca throughout areas of Oceania included in the Melanesian Mission, an Anglican missionary agency. Mota was used on Norfolk Island, in religious education; on other islands with different vernacular languages, it served as the language of liturgical prayers, hymns, and some other religious purposes.

Robert Henry Codrington compiled the first dictionary of Mota (1896), and worked with George Sarawia and others to produce a large number of early publications in this language.

Phonology

Mota has 5 phonemic vowels, /i e a o u/.[2]

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