Lenakel

TNL

developing

Dialects: Ikyoo, Itonga, Loanatit, Nerauya. Complex dialect chain; up to 10 dialects (Wurm and Hattori 1981).

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 11,500 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Language Development: Bible portions: 1900–1902.

Typology: SVO.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu