| North Efate | |
|---|---|
| Nakanamanga | |
| Nguna | |
| Region | Efate, Vanuatu |
Native speakers | 9,500 (2001)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | llp |
| Glottolog | nort2836 |
 North Efate is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
North Efate, also known as Nakanamanga or Nguna, is an Oceanic language spoken on the northern area of Efate in Vanuatu, as well as on a number of islands off the northern coast – including Nguna, and parts of Tongoa, Emae and Epi.
The population of speakers is recorded to be 9,500.[2] This makes Nakanamanga one of the largest languages of Vanuatu, an archipelago known for having the world's highest linguistic density.[3]
- ^ North Efate at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Efate, North". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
- ^ François, Alexandre; Franjieh, Michael; Lacrampe, Sébastien; Schnell, Stefan (2015), "The exceptional linguistic density of Vanuatu", in François, Alexandre; Lacrampe, Sébastien; Franjieh, Michael; Schnell, Stefan (eds.), The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity, Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia, Canberra: Asia Pacific Linguistics Open Access, pp. 1–21, ISBN 9781922185235