Southwest Tanna | |
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Nawal | |
Native to | Vanuatu |
Region | Tanna Island |
Native speakers | 4,500 (2011)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nwi |
Glottolog | sout2869 |
![]() Southwest Tanna is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Southwest Tanna is a dialect chain spoken on the southwestern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. Lynch (1982) names three major dialects: Nivhaal in the north-west of the language area (spelt "Nauvhal" in publicity for the 2015 film Tanna), Nivai in the south-west, and Nelpwaai in the north-east.[2]