Wailapa language

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Wailapa
Ale
Native to Vanuatu
Region Espiritu Santo
Native speakers
unknown (100 cited 1981)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 wlr
Glottolog wail1242[2]

Wailapa, or Ale, is an Oceanic language spoken on Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu. It is in a dialect chain between Akei and Penantsiro,[clarification needed][3] but these are not mutually intelligible.

References

  1. Wailapa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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  3. Ethnologue identifies Penantsiro with the code for Piamatsina, but this would not seem to be credible.

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