Malua Bay language

Malua Bay
Middle Nambas
Native toVanuatu
RegionMalekula
Ethnicity720 (2001)[1]
Native speakers
500 (2009)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mll
Glottologmalu1245
ELPMalua Bay
Malua Bay is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Malua Bay (also called Middle Nambas) is an Oceanic language spoken in northwest Malekula, Vanuatu. It has two main dialects: one spoken in Malua Bay and the other spoken in Espiegles Bay.

  1. ^ a b Malua Bay at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)