Port Sandwich language
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Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
| Port Sandwich | |
|---|---|
| Lamap | |
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Malekula |
Native speakers | 1,200 (2001)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | psw |
| Glottolog | port1285 |
| ELP | Port Sandwich |
 Port Sandwich is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Port Sandwich, or Lamap, is an Oceanic language spoken in southeast Malekula, Vanuatu, on the eastern tip of the island. It was first described in 1979 by French linguist Jean-Michel Charpentier.[2]
Nisvai is a separate language.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Port Sandwich at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Charpentier, Jean-Michel (1979). La langue de Port-Sandwich (Nouvelles-Hébrides): introduction phonologique et grammaire. SELAF (in French). Paris: Langues et Civilisations à Tradition Orale. p. 208. ISBN 9782852970564. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ Lynch, John; Crowley, Terry (2001). Languages of Vanuatu: A New Survey and Bibliography. Pacific Linguistics 517. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. doi:10.15144/PL-517. hdl:1885/146135. ISBN 0-85883-469-3.
External links
[edit]- Materials on Lamap are included in the open access Arthur Capell collection (AC2) held by Paradisec
- Aviva MPI Shimelman collection of Lamap materials available on Paradisec
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