- Mwotlap
language
name=Mwotlap
pronunciation=ŋ͡mʷɔtˈlap
states=Vanuatu
region=Mota Lava island,Banks Islands
speakers=1800
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
fam3=Central Eastern
fam4=Eastern
fam5=Oceanic
fam6=Central-Eastern
fam7=Remote Oceanic
fam8=North and Central
fam9=Northeast
fam10=East Vanuatu
iso2=map|iso3=mlvMwotlap [IPA|ŋ͡mʷɔtˈlap] (formerly known as Motlav) is an Oceanic language spoken by about 1,800 people, on the island of
Mota Lava (or "Motalava"), in theBanks Islands , in the northern part ofVanuatu .Mwotlap belongs to the
East Vanuatu languages , a branch of theAustronesian languages family.Mwotlap was first described in 2001, by the linguist
Alexandre François .References
* François, Alexandre. 2003. "La sémantique du prédicat en mwotlap (Vanuatu)". Collection Linguistique de la Société de Linguistique de Paris. Leuven-Paris: Peeters. 408 pp. ISBN 90-429-1271-5. [http://www.peeters-leuven.be/boekoverz.asp?nr=7519 Publisher's page] .
* François, Alexandre. " [http://alex.francois.free.fr/data/AlexFrancois_These_DescriptionMwotlap.pdf Contraintes de structures et liberté dans l'organisation du discours. Une description du mwotlap, langue océanienne du Vanuatu] ." Thèse de Doctorat en Linguistique, Université Paris-IV Sorbonne. 1078 pp.External links
* [http://alex.francois.free.fr/AF-motalava-e.htm Alexandre François's site, including introduction to Mwotlap and Motalava culture, photos, maps, songs, a myth, and a story]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mlv Ethnologue page]
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