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Southwest Tanna language

Index Southwest Tanna language

Southwest Tanna is a dialect chain spoken on the southwestern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. [1]

8 relations: Arthur Capell, Dialect continuum, Malayo-Polynesian languages, Oceanic languages, South Vanuatu languages, Tanna (film), Tanna (island), Vanuatu.

Arthur Capell

Arthur Capell (28 March 1902 – 1986) was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austronesian languages and Papuan languages.

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Dialect continuum

A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a spread of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighbouring varieties differ only slightly, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated varieties are not mutually intelligible.

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Malayo-Polynesian languages

The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers.

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Oceanic languages

The approximately 450 Oceanic languages are a well-established branch of the Austronesian languages.

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South Vanuatu languages

The nine South Vanuatu languages form a family of the Southern Oceanic languages, spoken in Tafea Province (Tanna, Aneityum, Futuna, Erromango, and Aniwa) of Vanuatu.

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Tanna (film)

Tanna is a 2015 Australian-Ni-Vanuatu film set on the island of Tanna in the South Pacific, depicting the true story of a couple who decided to marry for love, rather than obey their parents' wishes.

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Tanna (island)

Tanna (sometimes spelled Tana) is an island in Tafea Province of Vanuatu.

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Vanuatu

Vanuatu (or; Bislama, French), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (République de Vanuatu, Bislama: Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is a Pacific island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean.

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Redirects here:

ISO 639:nwi, Nauvhal, Nauvhal language, Nerokwang language, Numerat lanugage, Ra'na language.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Tanna_language

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