Kwamera language

Kwamera, or South Tanna, the endonym being Nafe (Nɨfe), is a language spoken on the southeastern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu.

Kwamera
South Tanna
Nafe, Nɨfe
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Tanna Island
Native speakers	3,500 (2001)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic South Vanuatu Tanna Kwamera
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tnk
Glottolog	kwam1252
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Writing system

Kwamera alphabet^[2]

Majuscules	A	E	F	Fw	G	H	I	Ɨ	K	Kw	M	Mw	N	O	P	Pw	R	S	T	U	V
Minuscules	a	e	f	fw	g	h	i	ɨ	k	kw	m	mw	n	o	p	pw	r	s	t	u	v

References

1. Kwamera at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Lindstrom 1986, p. vi.

• Lindstrom, Lamont (1986). Kwamera Dictionary. Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-85883-340-1.