North Tanna language

North Tanna
Native to Vanuatu
Region Tanna Island
Native speakers
5,000 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tnn
Glottolog nort2847[2]

North Tanna is a language spoken on the northern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. It is similar to Whitesands, but its exact position within the Tanna languages is not established.

References

  1. North Tanna at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "North Tanna". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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