Mele-Fila

MXE

developing

Alternate Names: Fila-Mele, Ifara-Mele

Dialects: Fila (Efira, Fira, Ifira), Mele. Significant differences between Mele and Fila.

Genealogy:

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Oceanic

Central-Eastern Oceanic

Remote Oceanic

Central Pacific

East Fijian-Polynesian

Polynesian

Nuclear

Samoic-Outlier

Futunic

Demographics: 3,500 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Language Use: Also use South Efate [erk].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. NT: 1993.

Typology: SVO.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu