Hano

LML

wider communication

Alternate Names: Bwatvenua, Lamalanga, North Raga, Qatvenua, Raga, Vunmarama

Dialects: Nggasai (Kasai). Slight dialect differences; the last Nggasai dialect speaker died 1999.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
North and Central Vanuatu
Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands
East Vanuatu

Demographics: 6,500 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Language Development: Bible portions: 1908–1989.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu

Other Comments: ‘Hano’ is the name preferred locally.