Tasmate language

{{Short description|Oceanic language of Vanuatu}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Tasmate

|altname=Oa, Meri

|state=Vanuatu

|region=Espiritu Santo

|ethnicity=

|speakers=150

|date=1983

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Southern Oceanic

|fam5=North-Central Vanuatu

|fam6=North Vanuatu

|fam7=Espiritu Santo

|iso3=tmt

|glotto=tasm1246

|glottorefname=Tasmate

|map = Lang Status 99-NE.svg

|mapcaption = {{center|{{small|Tasmate is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

}}

Tasmate (alternatively Oa or Meri) is an Oceanic language spoken in the north of Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu.