Vurës

MSN

nearly extinct

Alternate Names: Vetumboso, Vuras, Vureas

Dialects: Mwesen (Mosin, Mosina). Lexical similarity: 88% with Mosina and Vures.

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: 1,100 (2011 SIL).

Language Use: Potentially endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Most key domains. Positive attitudes.

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu