Efatese language
| Efatese | |
|---|---|
| Fate | |
| Created by | Efate Island, now in Vanuatu |
| Purpose |
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| Sources | the Oceanic languages of Efate |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | qef (local use). Also used for Katembri |
| Glottolog | efat1235 |
| IETF | art-x-efatese |
Efatese is an artificial
South Efate are not particularly closely related, and when missionary activity began on the island, at Port Havannah
in the northwest of the island, a mixture of the target languages was invented for evangelism and scripture, in preference to promoting one indigenous language over the others.
References
- Robert Henry Codrington (1885) "Fate, Sandwich Islands", in The Melanesian Languages, 471–476. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Daniel MacDonald (1889) "Grammar of the Efatese language", in Daniel MacDonald (ed.), Three New Hebrides Languages (Efatese, Eromangan, Santo), 1–58. Melbourne: Edgerton and Moore.