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Where is Bwenelang spoken?

Bwenelang is an Austronesian language, spoken in Vanuatu. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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  • Atlantic-Congo
  • Austronesian
  • Sino-Tibetan
  • Indo-European
  • Afro-Asiatic
  • Nuclear Trans New Guinea
  • Otomanguean
  • Austroasiatic
  • Tai-Kadai
  • Pama-Nyungan

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Where Bwenelang is spoken

Bwenelang is spoken in one country: Vanuatu.

Country
Vanuatu

Bwenelang has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Bwenelang?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Nearly extinct. Glottolog lists it as nearly extinct: only a few elderly speakers are left.

Where Bwenelang sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Bwenelang as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Austronesian
  2. Malayo-Polynesian
  3. Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  4. Oceanic
  5. North and Central Vanuatu
  6. Central Vanuatu
  7. Malakula
  8. Eastern Malakula linkage
  9. Central-Southeast Malakula
  10. Southeastern Malakula linkage
  11. Bwenelang

Related languages

Other languages in the Southeastern Malakula linkage group:

More about Bwenelang

Codes: Glottolog bwen1239. Glottolog macroarea: Papunesia.

Questions about Bwenelang

Where is Bwenelang spoken?

Bwenelang is spoken in Vanuatu. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Bwenelang in?

Glottolog places Bwenelang in the Austronesian family, in the branch Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Central Vanuatu, Malakula, Eastern Malakula linkage, Central-Southeast Malakula and Southeastern Malakula linkage.

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