Uripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin

UPV

developing

Alternate Names: Northeast Malakula

Dialects: Atchin (Nale), Uripiv, Wala-Rano. Dialect chain from Uripiv in the south to Atchin in the north. Lexical similarity: 85% at extremes of the dialect chain.

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: 9,000 (Lynch and Crowley 2001). 1,380 Atchin, 3,450 Uripiv-Wala-Rano.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 2005.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu