Kwamera

TNK

developing

Alternate Names: Nafe, Neninafe

Dialects: 2 main dialects.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
South Vanuatu
Tanna

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

Language Use: Home, church. All ages. Positive attitudes.

Language Development: Elderly and very young are illiterate. Taught in primary schools, in religious education. Poetry. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1890–2013.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu

Other Comments: Christian.