Nume language
| Nume | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Gaua |
Native speakers | 700 (2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
tgs |
| Glottolog |
nume1241[2] |
Nume (also called Gog and Tarasag) is an Oceanic language spoken on Gaua island in Vanuatu. Its 700 speakers live on the northeast coast of Gaua.[1]
Nume is a distinct language from its immediate southern neighbors, Mwerlap and Dorig.[3]
Notes
- 1 2 François (2012): 88).
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nume". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ List of Banks islands languages.
Bibliography
- François, Alexandre (2005), "Unraveling the History of the Vowels of Seventeen Northern Vanuatu Languages", Oceanic Linguistics 44 (2): 443–504, doi:10.1353/ol.2005.0034
- François, Alexandre (2012), "The dynamics of linguistic diversity: Egalitarian multilingualism and power imbalance among northern Vanuatu languages", International Journal of the Sociology of Language 214: 85–110, doi:10.1515/ijsl-2012-0022
External links
- Linguistic map of north Vanuatu, showing range of Nume on Gaua.
- U Line Tatar Ve Vosog Le Ale Gavrund Simplified Anglican Morning and Evening Prayer in Nume (c. 1965), digitized by Richard Mammana.
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