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Mavea

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: Mavea is spoken on the eponymous island, Mavea, a satellite island off the east coast of Espiritu Santo Island, northern Vanuatu. The language is highly endangered. There are about 34 fluent speakers on Mavea Island (aged 30 and older), out of a total island population of around 210. There are at least another 30 Mavea speakers who have left the island permanently. These speakers now live throughout Vanuatu, mainly on Espiritu Santo Island (in the villages of Deproma and Matevulu), Aore Island, and in Port Vila, the capital city of Vanuatu. All Mavea speakers are bilingual in Bislama, one of the official languages of Vanuatu.

Source: Journal of the International Phonetic Association

DOI: 10.1017/s0025100309003958

Authors: Valerie Guerin, Katsura Aoyama

Institutions: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Hawaii System, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Language: English

Topic: Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies

Subfield: Linguistics and Language

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4239965003

FWCI: 5.287

Cites: 7

Cited by: 8

Related to: 10