Aneityum language

Anejom̃
Pronunciation	[anetʃomʷ]
Region	Aneityum Island, Vanuatu
Native speakers	900 (2001)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic Vanuatu South Vanuatu Anejom–Tanna Anejom̃
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aty
Glottolog	anei1239[2]

Anejom̃ or Aneityum (also spelled Anejom, and formerly Aneiteum, Aneityumese) is an Oceanic language spoken by 900 people (as of 2001)^[1] on Aneityum Island, Vanuatu.

Classification

Aneityum is considered to constitute its own branch of the South Vanuatu languages.

Notes

1. Anejom̃ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Aneityum". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

References

• John Inglis (missionary to Aneityum) (1882). A dictionary of the Aneityumese language: In two parts. I. Aneityumese and English. II. English and Aneityumese. Also outlines of Aneityumese grammar. And an introduction, containing notices of the missions to the native races, and illustrations of the principles and peculiarities of the Aneityumese language. Williams & Norgate. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
• Lynch, John (2000). A grammar of Anejom̃. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics (507). ISBN 0-85883-484-7.
• Lynch, John; Philip Tepahae (2000). Diksonari blong Anejom̃ : nitasviitai a nijitas antas Anejom̃. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics (510). ISBN 0-85883-508-8.
• Kern, Hendrik (1906). Taalvergelijkende verhandeling over het aneityumsch, met een aanhangsel over het klankstelsel van het eromanga. Amsterdam: J. Muller. Retrieved 2012-08-28.

Texts

• Geddie, John (1856). Nitasvitai uhup. Retrieved 2012-08-28.

• Geddie, John (1865). "Nitasvitai irai salm is aged a Tevit Natimarid irai upu Isreel". Retrieved 2012-08-28.

• "Jenesis, Nitaasviitai Is Aged A Moses (Uhup Aneityum Genesis Translation)". Retrieved 2012-08-28.
• Lynch, John and Philip Tepahae (2001). Anejom̃ dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics

External links

• Anejom̃ on Austronesian Database
• PARADISEC archive of the Anejom Dictionary