Southeast Ambrym language
{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Southeast Ambrym
|nativename=Taveak
|states=Vanuatu
|region=Ambrym Island
|speakers=3,700
|date=2001
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Oceanic
|fam4=Southern Oceanic
|fam5=North-Central Vanuatu
|fam6=Central Vanuatu
|iso3=tvk
|glotto=sout2859
|glottorefname=Southeast Ambrym
|map = Lang Status 99-NE.svg
|mapcaption = {{center|{{small|Southeast Ambrym is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}
}}
Southeast Ambrym, Vatlongos, or Taveak, is a language of Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. It is closely related to Paamese.
Phonology
=Consonants=
:
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! Labial ! Alveolar ! Velar |
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colspan="2"| Nasal
| {{IPA link|m}} | {{IPA link|n}} | {{IPA link|ŋ}} | |
rowspan="2"| Stop
| {{IPA link|p}} | {{IPA link|t}} | {{IPA link|k}} | |
prenasal
| {{IPA link|ᵐb}} | {{IPA link|ⁿd}} | {{IPA link|ᵑɡ}} | |
colspan="2"|Fricative
| {{IPA link|v}} | {{IPA link|s}} | {{IPA link|x}} |{{IPA link|h}} |
colspan="2"|Lateral
| | {{IPA link|l}} | | |
colspan="2"|Trill
| | {{IPA link|r}} | | |
=Vowels=
References
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External links
- {{Cite journal |last=Ridge |first=Eleanor |date=2018-07-31 |title=Language Contexts: Vatlongos, Southeast Ambrym (Vanuatu) |url=https://www.lddjournal.org/article/id/1185/ |journal=Language Documentation and Description |language=en |volume=15 |pages=87–122 |doi=10.25894/LDD140}}
{{Languages of Vanuatu}}
{{Southern Oceanic languages}}
{{Austronesian languages}}
Category:Paama–Ambrym languages
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