Amblong language

Amblong
Amblong
Varavara, Aje
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Espiritu Santo
Native speakers	300 (2015)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu North Vanuatu Espiritu Santo Amblong; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	alm
Glottolog	ambl1237
ELP	Varavara
	Amblong is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Amblong is an Oceanic language or dialect spoken on inland southeastern Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu, in the village of Amblong.

The language is probably endangered; children do not tend to learn it.

Names

The alternate names for Amblong are Varavara and Aje.

Classification

Amblong is generally classified as a language, but has also been tentatively classified as a dialect of the proposed South-Central Santo language along with Ande and Narango.

Selected vocabulary

The list below is a selected sample of words in Amblong:


Amblong	English
moyi	mosquito
mo-tol	three
oragʷe	he

References

↑ "The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity". ResearchGate.
1 2 3 Lynch, John; Crowley, Terry. "Languages of Vanuatu: A new survey and bibliography". p. 56. Archived from the original on 2024-07-19.
↑ Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages. Internet Archive. London : Routledge. 2007. p. 471. ISBN 978-0-7007-1197-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
↑ "Did you know Varavara is endangered?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
1 2 "Glottolog 5.1 - Amblong". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
↑ "Amblong | Ethnologue Free".
↑ Tryon, D. T. (Darrell T. ) (1976). New Hebrides languages : an internal classification. Internet Archive. Canberra : Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-85883-152-0.

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[1] "The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity". ResearchGate.

[:0-2] 1 2 3 Lynch, John; Crowley, Terry. "Languages of Vanuatu: A new survey and bibliography". p. 56. Archived from the original on 2024-07-19.

[3] Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages. Internet Archive. London : Routledge. 2007. p. 471. ISBN 978-0-7007-1197-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

[4] "Did you know Varavara is endangered?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2025-02-13.

[:1-5] 1 2 "Glottolog 5.1 - Amblong". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-02-13.

[6] "Amblong | Ethnologue Free".

[7] Tryon, D. T. (Darrell T. ) (1976). New Hebrides languages : an internal classification. Internet Archive. Canberra : Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-85883-152-0.