South Vanuatu languages

South Vanuatu languages

Infobox Language family
name=South Vanuatu
region=Southern 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
fam10=South Efate-Southern Melanesian
fam11=Southern Melanesian
child1=Aneityum
child2=Erromanga
child3=Tanna

The nine South Vanuatu languages form a branch of the Southern Melanesian languages.

Components

*Aneityum
*Erromanga languages
**Sie
**Ifo
**Ura
*Tanna languages
**Kwamera
**Lenakel
**North Tanna
**Southwest Tanna
**Whitesands


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