Aveteian | |
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Dixon Reef | |
Pronunciation | [avəteián₂] |
Native to | Vanuatu |
Region | Malakula |
Native speakers | probably fewer than 50 (2007) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
dix |
Glottolog |
dixo1238 |
ELP | Aveteian |
Aveteian is classified as Critically Endangered by the
UNESCO
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Aveteian (Dixon Reef) is a possibly extinct language of Vanuatu, presumably one of the Malekula Interior languages. [2] In the early twentieth century it was spoken by a few families living to the north of Ninde. [3]
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