Vurës language

Vurës
Native to Vanuatu
Region Vanua Lava
Native speakers
2,000 (2012)[1]
Dialects
  • Vurës
  • Mwesen
Language codes
ISO 639-3 msn
Glottolog vure1239[2]

Vurës and Mwesen (Mosina) are two dialects spoken in Vanua Lava Island in Vanuatu. Taken together, they form the main language of the island, with about 2000 speakers.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 François (2012:88)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Vures". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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