Southeast Ambrym language

Southeast Ambrym
Taveak
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Ambrym Island
Native speakers	3,700 (2001)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu Central Vanuatu Southeast Ambrym
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tvk
Glottolog	sout2859
Southeast Ambrym is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Southeast Ambrym, Vatlongos, or Taveak, is a language of Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. It is closely related to Paamese.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants^[2]

		Labial	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ŋ
Stop	voiceless	p	t	k
	prenasal	ᵐb	ⁿd	ᵑɡ
Fricative		v	s	x	h
Lateral			l
Trill			r

Vowels

Vowels^[2]

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Mid	e	o
Low	æ	a

References

1. Southeast Ambrym at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Crowley, Terry (2002). "Southeast Ambrym". In Lynch, John; Ross, Malcolm; Crowley, Terry (eds.). The Oceanic Languages. Richmond: Curzon. pp. 660–670.

External links

• Ridge, Eleanor (2018-07-31). "Language Contexts: Vatlongos, Southeast Ambrym (Vanuatu)". Language Documentation and Description. 15: 87–122. doi:10.25894/LDD140.