Neverver

LGK

threatened

Alternate Names: Bushman’s Bay, Lingarak, Nevwervwer

Dialects: Mindu, Wuli.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
North and Central Vanuatu
Malekula Interior
Malekula Central

Demographics: 1,250 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Language Use: Potentially endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Most key domains. Used by 60% of children. Positive attitudes.

Language Development: Grammar.

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu