Southwest Tanna language
{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Southwest Tanna
|altname=Nawal
|nativename=
|states=Vanuatu
|region=Tanna Island
|speakers=4,500
|date=2011
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Oceanic
|fam4=Southern Oceanic
|fam5=South Vanuatu
|fam6=Tanna
|iso3=nwi
|glotto=sout2869
|glottorefname=Southwest Tanna
|map = Lang Status 99-NE.svg
|mapcaption = {{center|{{small|Southwest Tanna is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}
}}
Southwest Tanna is a dialect chain spoken on the southwestern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. Lynch (1982) names three major dialects: Nivhaal in the north-west of the language area (spelt "Nauvhal" in publicity for the 2015 film Tanna), Nivai in the south-west, and Nelpwaai in the north-east.{{cite journal|title=South-West Tanna Grammar Outline and Vocabulary|author=John Lynch|date=1982|journal=Papers in Linguistics of Melanesia|volume=4|url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/4c95529cbbaf062ae35c4c28e1b41170/1?pq-origsite=gscholar}}
References
External links
- [http://dominicweb.eu/en/endictionaries/exotic-languages-prayers?nwi Database of audio recordings in language of Tanna, Southwest - basic Catholic prayers]
- Paradisec has two collections of Arthur Cappell's materials ([http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/AC1 AC1], [http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/AC2 AC2]) that include Southwest Tanna language materials.
- Nehrbass's Comprehensive lexicon contains data on the dialects of the Southwest Tanna language ([https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/36/15/61/36156181226012482237007888413028636967/e_Book_34_Nehrbass_Tanna_Vanuatu.pdf])
{{Languages of Vanuatu}}
{{Southern Oceanic languages}}
{{Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
Category:South Vanuatu languages
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