Vao language
Vao is an Austronesian language of the Oceanic branch spoken by about 1,900 people on Vao Island and on the nearby shores of Malakula Island, Vanuatu.[3]
| Vao | |
|---|---|
| Region | Vao Island and northern Malakula, Vanuatu |
Native speakers | 1,900 (2001)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | vao |
| Glottolog | vaoo1237[2] |
Characteristics
Vao is one of the few languages of the world that possesses linguolabial consonants [4].
gollark: C minifier *when*?
gollark: Please cease this cryomemetocontraapiogollariosity at once.
gollark: Yes, imagine NOT being mentally identical to me in every way‽
gollark: Okay, that makes some sense.
gollark: Oh, so you're saying I should think of it like some weird mental health issue where they are unable to critically evaluate doing stuff with them?
References
- Vao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Vao". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Ethnologue report for Vao
- Ladefoged, Peter; Maddieson, Ian. The sounds of the world's languages. Blackwell Publishers. pp. 18–19. ISBN 9780631198147.
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