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Paamese | |
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Paama | |
Native to | Vanuatu |
Native speakers | (6,000 cited 1996)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pma |
Glottolog | paam1238 |
Paamese is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Paamese, or Paama, is the language of the island of Paama in Northern Vanuatu. There is no indigenous term for the language; however linguists have adopted the term Paamese to refer to it. Both a grammar and a dictionary of Paamese have been produced by Terry Crowley.