Ambae, West

NND

developing

Alternate Names: Duidui, Opa

Dialects: Nduindui (Duindui), Walaha. Many dialects.

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: 8,700 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Language Development: NT: 1984.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu