Malakula languages

Malakula
Malekula
Geographic
distribution
Malakula Island in central Vanuatu
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Proto-languageProto-Malakula
Language codes
Glottologmala1539

The Malakula languages are a group of Central Vanuatu languages spoken on Malakula Island in central Vanuatu. Unlike some earlier classifications, linguist and Oceanic languages specialist John Lynch (2016) considered the Malakula languages to form a coherent group.[1]

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