Dalkalaen language

Dalkalaen
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Ambrym Island
Native speakers	1,000 (2015)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North Vanuatu Paama–Ambrym Dalkalaen; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Dalkalaen is a Central Vanuatu language spoken by about 1,000 people on the southwestern tip of Ambrym Island, Vanuatu.[1][2]

Dalkalaen is closely related to the Daakaka language.[2]

Notes

gollark: THEY GENERALLY DO™

gollark: I DO NOT KNOW OF THESE SOFTWARE PACKAGES BUT ALTERNATIVES LIKELY EXIST

gollark: YOU SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED

gollark: Flash should be erased from existence immediately.

gollark: Flash? Don't use Flash.

François, Alexandre; Franjieh, Michael; Lacrampe, Sébastien; Schnell, Stefan (2015), "The exceptional linguistic density of Vanuatu" (PDF), in François, Alexandre; Lacrampe, Sébastien; Franjieh, Michael; Schnell, Stefan (eds.), The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity, Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia, Canberra: Asia Pacific Linguistics Open Access, pp. 1–21, ISBN 9781922185235.
Krifka, Manfred; von Prince, Kilu; Hosni, Soraya. 2012. West Ambrym: Documenting and maintaining three Oceanic languages of Vanuatu. Poster presenting the three languages Dalkalaen, Daakaka, and Daakie. Berlin: DoBeS.

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