Avok language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Avok

|states=Vanuatu

|region=South Malekula

|speakers= 500

|date=2015

|ref=(ELP)

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Southern Oceanic

|fam5=North-Central Vanuatu

|fam6=Central Vanuatu

|fam7=Malakula

|fam8=Malakula Coastal

|iso3=none

|glotto=avok1244

|glottorefname=Avok

|map = Lang Status 99-NE.svg

|mapcaption = {{center|{{small|Avok is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

}}

Avok is an Oceanic language spoken in South Malakula, Vanuatu.{{Cite journal |last=Rangelov |first=Tihomir |last2=Walworth |first2=Mary |last3=Barbour |first3=Julie |date=2023-07-28 |title=A multifaceted approach to understanding unexpected sound change: The bilabial trills of Vanuatu’s Malekula Island |url=https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/dia.21051.ran |journal=Diachronica |language=en |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=384–432 |doi=10.1075/dia.21051.ran |issn=0176-4225|hdl=10289/15510 |hdl-access=free }} It is noted for its liquid consonants.{{Cite journal |last=Lynch |first=John |date=2008 |title=Liquid Vocalization and Loss in Central Vanuatu |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20542817 |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=294–315 |issn=0029-8115}}