Tangoa language

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Tangoa
Mara Tatagoa
RegionTangoa Island, Vanuatu
Native speakers
800 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tgp
Glottologtang1347
ELPTangoa
Tangoa is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Tangoa, or Leon Tatagoa, is an

Araki Island.[2]

Name

The name Tangoa is an

endonym. In neighboring Araki, it is known as R̄ango.[3]

Characteristics

Tangoa is one of the few in the world possessing a set of linguolabial consonants.

References

  1. ^ Tangoa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. .
  3. ^ See entry R̄ango in the dictionary of Araki.