Alternate Names: Merelava, Merlav, Merlav-Merig
Dialects: Matliwag, Mwerig (Merig), West Merelava.
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: 1,350 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).
Nation of Origin: Vanuatu