Wailapa language
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| Wailapa | |
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| Ale | |
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Espiritu Santo |
Native speakers | (100 cited 1981)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wlr |
| Glottolog | wail1242 |
Wailapa, or Ale, is an Oceanic language spoken on Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu. It is in a dialect chain between Akei and Penantsiro,[clarification needed][2] but these are not mutually intelligible.
References[edit]
- ^ Wailapa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Ethnologue identifies Penantsiro with the code for Piamatsina, but this would not seem to be credible.
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