Dalkalaen language
{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Dalkalaen
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|states=Vanuatu
|region=Ambrym Island
|speakers=1,000
|date=2015
|ref=
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Oceanic
|fam4=Southern Oceanic
|fam5=North-Central Vanuatu
|fam6=Central Vanuatu
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|glotto= dalk1234
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Dalkalaen is a Central Vanuatu language spoken by about 1,000 people on the southwestern tip of Ambrym Island, Vanuatu.François et al. (2015:18-21).Krifka et al. (2012).
Dalkalaen is closely related to the Daakaka language.
Notes
References
- {{Citation
| last = François
| first = Alexandre
| author-link =Alexandre François
| 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://hdl.handle.net/1885/14819
| ref = density
}}.
- Krifka, Manfred; von Prince, Kilu; Hosni, Soraya. 2012. [https://dobes.mpi.nl/posters/print/oceania-ambrym-print.pdf West Ambrym: Documenting and maintaining three Oceanic languages of Vanuatu]. Poster presenting the three languages Dalkalaen, Daakaka, and Daakie. Berlin: DoBeS.
{{Southern Oceanic languages}}
{{Languages of Vanuatu}}
{{Austronesian languages}}
Category:Paama–Ambrym languages
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