Kene language
{{Short description|Espiritu Santo language of Vanuatu}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Kene
|altname=
|pronunciation=
|states=Vanuatu
|region=Espiritu Santo
|speakers=300
|date=2010
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Oceanic
|fam4=Southern Oceanic
|fam5=North-Central Vanuatu
|fam6=North Vanuatu
|fam7=Espiritu Santo
|iso3=none
|glotto=none
|glottorefname=
|map = Lang Status 99-NE.svg
|mapcaption = {{center|{{small|Kene is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}
}}
Kene 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
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