Whitesands language

Whitesands
East Tanna
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Tanna Island, east coast
Native speakers	7,500 (2001)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic South Vanuatu Tanna Whitesands
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tnp
Glottolog	whit1269
Whitesands is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Whitesands, or East Tanna, is a language spoken on the eastern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. It is closely related to the North Tanna and Lenakel languages.^[2]

Phonology

Consonants

^[3]^: 9

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Plosive	p	t	tʲ	k
Fricative	f	s		x	h
Rhotic		r ɹ
Lateral		l
Semivowel	w		j

Vowels

^[3]^: 8

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ə	u
Mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open		ɐ

References

1. Whitesands at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Hammond, J. (2009). The grammar of nouns and verbs in Whitesands, an oceanic language of Southern Vanuatu. Master Thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney. link
3. Hammond, Jeremy (June 2009). "The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu" (PDF). CORE.