Amblong language

{{Short description|Oceanic language spoken in Vanuatu}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Amblong

| altname = Varavara, Aje

| state = Vanuatu

| region = Espiritu Santo

| ethnicity =

| speakers = 300

| date = 2015

| ref = {{Infobox language/ref|https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301604979_The_Languages_of_Vanuatu_Unity_and_Diversity}}

| familycolor = Austronesian

| fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian

| fam3 = Oceanic

| fam4 = Southern Oceanic

| fam5 = North-Central Vanuatu

| fam6 = North Vanuatu

| fam7 = Espiritu Santo

| iso3 = alm

| glotto = ambl1237

| glottorefname = Amblong

| map = Lang Status 60-DE.svg

| mapcaption = {{center|{{small|Amblong is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

}}

Amblong is an Oceanic language or dialect{{Cite web |last=Lynch |first=John |last2=Crowley |first2=Terry |title=Languages of Vanuatu: A new survey and bibliography |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719045334/https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/7a13bcf9-f23f-449d-aa05-0f418f998a92/content |page=56}} spoken on inland southeastern Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu, in the village of Amblong.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780700711970 |title=Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages |date=2007 |publisher=London : Routledge |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-7007-1197-0 |page=471}}

The language is probably endangered; children do not tend to learn it.{{Cite web |title=Did you know Varavara is endangered? |url=https://endangeredlanguages.com/lang/3834 |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Endangered Languages |language=en}}