Mwerlap language

Mwerlap
Merelava, Merlav
N̄wërlap
Pronunciation	[ŋʷɞrˈlap]
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Merelava, Gaua
Native speakers	ca. 1,100 (2012)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu North Vanuatu Torres-Banks Mwerlap
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mrm
Glottolog	merl1237
Mwerlap is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Mwerlap is an Oceanic language spoken in the south of the Banks Islands in Vanuatu.

Its 1,100 speakers live mostly in Merelava and Merig, but a fair proportion have also settled on the east coast of Gaua island.^[2] Besides, a number of Mwerlap speakers live in the two cities of Vanuatu, Port Vila and Luganville.

The language has been studied by Alexandre François, and more recently by Agnès Henri.^[3]