Central Vanuatu languages

Central Vanuatu languages

Infobox Language family
name=Central Vanuatu linkage
region=Vanuatu
familycolor=Austronesian
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|

The languages of the Central Vanuatu linkage belong to the Nuclear Southern Oceanic language family. There are five languages, all spoken in the province of Shefa, central Vanuatu, on the islands of Epi, Éfaté, and the many small islands of the Shepherds Group.

Components

*Eton
*Lelepa
*Namakura
*North Efate


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