Mota

MTT

threatened

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: 900 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

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

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1912.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu