Fanbak language
{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Fanbyak
|altname=Fanbak, Orkon
|states=Vanuatu
|region=Ambrym Island
|speakers=95
|date=2015
|ref=e25
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Oceanic
|fam4=Southern Oceanic
|fam5=North-Central Vanuatu
|fam6=Central Vanuatu
|iso3=fnb
|glotto=orko1234
|glottoname=Orkon-Fanbak
}}
Fanbyak is a minor language of Ambrym Island, Vanuatu.
Name
Fanbyak takes its name from the village of the same name, where it used to be spoken. Fanbyak village has been abandoned, with residents now living among speakers of North Ambrym.[http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/chg_detail.asp?id=2015-050&lang=fbk Change request documentation for fbk.]
Lynch and Crowley (2001) called the language "Orkon". However, it appears that Orkon, spoken in the Orkon village, really referred to a lect (either a dialect or a separate language) distinct from Fanbak. Nothing is known about Orkon proper, which is now extinct.
References
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External links
- [https://doreco.huma-num.fr/languages/orko1234 Fanbyak DoReCo corpus] compiled by Michael Franjieh. Audio recordings of narrative texts with transcriptions time-aligned at the phone level, translations, and - for some texts - time-aligned morphological annotations.
{{Southern Oceanic languages}}
{{Austronesian languages}}
{{Languages of Vanuatu}}
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