Aneityum

ATY

developing

Alternate Names: Aneiteum, Aneiteumese, Anejom

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
South Vanuatu
Aneityum

Demographics: 900 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Language Use: Also use English [eng].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Grammar. Bible: 1879.

Typology: Some simplification of subject-marking system occurs.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu