Paama

PMA

developing

Alternate Names: Paama-Lopevi, Paamese, Pauma

Dialects: North Paama, South Paama. Reportedly similar to Southeast Ambrym ,.

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: 6,000 (1996 SIL).

Language Use: Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Lamenu [lmu].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1944.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu