Malua Bay

MLL

threatened

Alternate Names: Espiegle Bay, Middle Nambas

Dialects: Several dialects.

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
Malekula Coastal

Demographics: 500 (Lynch and Crowley 2001). Ethnic population: 715 (2001).

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

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu