Unua

ONU

vigorous

Alternate Names: Onua

Dialects: Bush Unua, Pangkumu.

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
Malekula Coastal

Demographics: 750 (1999), increasing. 50 in Bush Unua.

Language Use: Use Bislama [bis] for church and meetings. Home, local activities. All ages.

Language Development: Poetry. Bible portions: 1892–1950.

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu

Other Comments: Christian.