Sie | |
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Erromangan | |
Region | Southern Vanuatu |
Native speakers | 1,900 (2001)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | erg |
Glottolog | siee1239 |
Erromango Island | |
Sie is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Erromangan, or Sie (Sye), is the primary language spoken on the island Erromango in the Tafea region of the Vanuatu islands. The other Erromanga languages are either moribund or extinct. Although the island is quite large (887 km2), the total number of speakers of Erromango is estimated at 1900.