Whitesands language
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.[3]
| Whitesands | |
|---|---|
| East Tanna | |
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Tanna Island, east coast |
Native speakers | 7,500 (2001)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tnp |
| Glottolog | whit1269[2] |
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p | t tʲ | k x | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Trill / tap | r ɹ | |||||
| Fricative | f | s | tʲ | h̥ | ||
| Glide | w | j | ||||
| Lateral | l |
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gollark: --magic py```pythonreturn "BEES DEPLOYED"```
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References
- Whitesands at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Whitesands". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Hammond, J. (2009). The grammar of nouns and verbs in Whitesands, an oceanic language of Southern Vanuatu. Master Thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney. link
- Hammond, Jeremy (June 2009). "The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu" (PDF). CORE.
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