South Efate language

South Efate language

language
name=South Éfaté
nativename=Fate, Erakor
familycolor=Austronesian
states=Northeast Vanuatu
region=Éfaté Island
speakers=6,000
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
fam3=Nuclear MP
fam4=Central-Eastern MP
fam5=Eastern MP
fam6=Oceanic
fam7=Central-Eastern
fam8=Southern Oceanic
fam9=Nuclear Southern Oceanic
fam10=South Efate-Southern Melanesian
iso2=map|iso3=erk

The South Efate language is a Nuclear Southern Oceanic language of the Malayo-Polynesian language family, spoken on the island of Éfaté in central Vanuatu. As of 2005, there are approximately 6,000 speakers who live in coastal villages from Pango to Eton. The language's grammar has been described by Nick Thieberger, who is working on a book of stories and [http://paradisec.org.au/SELexicon/index-english/main.htm dictionary of the language] . The field recordings have been archived with Paradisec.

External links

* [http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000492/ "Topics in the grammar and documentation of South Efate, an Oceanic language of Central Vanuatu" by Nicholas Thieberger]
* [http://paradisec.org.au/SELexicon/index-english/main.htm "Dictionary of South Efate" by Nicholas Thieberger]
* [http://maenad.itee.uq.edu.au/exist/exist/eopas3/browse?lang=erk&orderby=title A collection of texts in the language with media, by Nicholas Thieberger]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=erk South Efate] at Ethnologue


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