Alternate Names: Kuliviu, Maskelyne Islands
Dialects: Uliveo, Uluveu.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,100 (Lynch and Crowley 2001), increasing. 0 monolinguals.
Language Use: Often mix with Bislama [bis]. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. 100% also use Bislama [bis].
Language Development: Occasionally taught as a subject in primary schools. Grammar. NT: 2013.
Typology: SVO; prepositions; noun head initial; clause constituents marked by word order; verb serialization extensive; 20 consonant phonemes and 6 vowel phonemes.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Vanuatu
Other Comments: Christian.