Litzlitz language

E617133

The Litzlitz language is an Oceanic language of the Naman (Litzlitz) people of Vanuatu, now highly endangered with only a small number of speakers remaining.

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Litzlitz language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
endangered language
alternateName Litzlitz NERFINISHED
Naman NERFINISHED
continent Oceania
country Vanuatu NERFINISHED
endangermentStatus severely endangered
ethnicGroup Naman (Litzlitz) people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeClassification Malakula languages NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode namm1241
hasGlottologName Naman NERFINISHED
hasISO639-3Code nnm
isPartOf languages of Malakula
languages of Vanuatu
languageBranch Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageGroup Central Vanuatu languages
Southern Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
numberOfSpeakers small number of speakers
region Malakula Island NERFINISHED
spokenBy Litzlitz people
Naman people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Malakula NERFINISHED
Vanuatu NERFINISHED
status highly endangered
threatenedBy language shift to Bislama
language shift to other local languages
usedByCommunity Naman village community
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Naman alternateName Litzlitz language