Bura language (Vanuatu)

{{Short description|Espiritu Santo language of Vanuatu}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Bura

| altname =

| pronunciation =

| states = Vanuatu

| region = Espiritu Santo

| speakers = 300

| date = 2010

| ref =

| familycolor = Austronesian

| fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian

| fam3 = Oceanic

| fam4 = Southern Oceanic

| fam5 = North-Central Vanuatu

| fam6 = North Vanuatu

| fam7 = Espiritu Santo

| iso3 = none

| glotto = bura1300

| glottorefname =

| map = Lang Status 99-NE.svg

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

}}

Bura is an Espiritu Santo language of Vanuatu with 300 speakers.Tryon, Darrell. 2010. The languages of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. In John Bowden and Nikolaus P. Himmelmann and Malcolm Ross (eds.), A journey through Austronesian and Papuan linguistic and cultural space: papers in honour of Andrew K. Pawley, 283-290. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.

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Sources

  • {{Citation |last=François|first=Alexandre|last2=Franjieh|first2=Michael|last3=Lacrampe|first3=Sébastien|last4=Schnell|first4=Stefan|editor-last=François|editor-first=Alexandre|editor2-last=Lacrampe|editor2-first=Sébastien|editor3-last=Franjieh|editor3-first=Michael|editor4-last=Schnell|editor4-first=Stefan|date=2015|title=The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity|chapter=The exceptional linguistic density of Vanuatu|contribution-url=http://alex.francois.online.fr/data/Francois-et-al_2015_Languages-of-Vanuatu_Intro-chapter.pdf|series=Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia|publisher=Asia Pacific Linguistics Open Access|publication-place=Canberra|pages=1–21|isbn=9781922185235|url=http://alex.francois.online.fr/AFpub_SLIM-volumes_e.htm#a|ref=density}}
  • Tryon, Darrell. 2010. The languages of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. In John Bowden and Nikolaus P. Himmelmann and Malcolm Ross (eds.), A journey through Austronesian and Papuan linguistic and cultural space: papers in honour of Andrew K. Pawley, 283–290. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.

{{Languages of Vanuatu}}

{{Southern Oceanic languages}}

{{Austronesian languages}}

Category:Espiritu Santo languages

Category:Languages of Vanuatu

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