Dorig

WWO

threatened

Alternate Names: Wetamut

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: 200 (2003 A. François).

Language Use: Endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Used by entire ethnic group. Under pressure from Lakon [lkn] and Nume [tgs]. Most key domains. Used by all children. Positive attitudes. Used as L2 by Koro [krf].

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu