Marino

MRB

vigorous

Alternate Names: Naone, North Maewo, Sunwadia

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: 500 (2008 A. Henri), increasing.

Language Use: Positive attitudes. 500 also use Bislama [bis].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Some men over 50 can write Marino. Taught in primary schools. Grammar.

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu

Other Comments: Christian (Protestant).