Malakula | |
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Malekula | |
Geographic distribution | Malakula Island in central Vanuatu |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
Proto-language | Proto-Malakula |
Language codes | |
Glottolog | mala1539 |
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]