Avava

TMB

threatened

Alternate Names: Katbol, Navava, Taremp, Tembimbe-Katbol, Tisvel, Vava

Dialects: Bangasa, Nevaar, Nevat, Timbembe.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
North and Central Vanuatu
Malekula Interior
Malekula Central

Demographics: 700 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Language Use: Not endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Most key domains. Used by 60% of children. Positive attitudes.

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu