Nāti language

{{Short description|Oceanic language of Vanuatu}}

{{For|the secret language of India|Naṭī language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Nāti

|nativename=

|pronunciation=

|region=Central Malekula

|state=Vanuatu

|speakers=moribund

|date=1998

|ref=

|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=nati1244

|glottorefname=Nati

|map = Lang Status 20-CR.svg

|mapcaption = {{center|{{small|Nāti is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

}}

Nāti (Naati, Nahati) is a nearly extinct Oceanic language of southwest Malekula, Vanuatu.{{Cite book |last=Crowley |first=T. |title=Papers in Austronesian Linguistics No. 5 |date=1998 |publisher=Pacific Linguistics |isbn=0-85883-475-8 |editor-last=Tryon |editor-first=D. |location=Canberra |pages=101–148 |language=en |chapter=A Salvage Sketch of Nāti (Southwest Malakula, Vanuatu) |doi=10.15144/PL-A92.101 |doi-access=free}}