Tangoa language
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Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
Tangoa | |
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Mara Tatagoa | |
Region | Tangoa Island, Vanuatu |
Native speakers | 800 (2001)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tgp |
Glottolog | tang1347 |
ELP | Tangoa |
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
Characteristics
Tangoa is one of the few in the world possessing a set of linguolabial consonants.
References
- ^ Tangoa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- .
- ^ See entry R̄ango in the dictionary of Araki.
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- * indicates proposed status
- ? indicates classification dispute
- † indicates extinct status
- * indicates proposed status
- ? indicates classification dispute
- † indicates extinct status
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