Tangoa is one of the few languages of Vanuatu, and indeed of the world, possessing a set of linguolabial consonants.
References
^Tangoa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Vari-Bogiri, Hannah (2008). "A Sociolinguistic Survey of Araki: A Dying Language of Vanuatu". Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 26 (1). doi:10.1080/14790710508668398.
tangoa, language, tangoa, leon, tatagoa, oceanic, language, spoken, tangoa, island, south, espiritu, santo, island, vanuatu, community, early, settlement, christian, missionaries, leading, lingua, franca, area, having, largely, displaced, moribund, araki, lang. Tangoa or Leon Tatagoa is an Oceanic language spoken on Tangoa Island south of Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu The community was an early settlement for Christian missionaries leading to its use as a lingua franca in the area having largely displaced the moribund Araki language spoken on Araki Island 2 TangoaMara TatagoaRegionTangoa Island VanuatuNative speakers800 2001 1 Language familyAustronesian Malayo PolynesianOceanicSouthern OceanicNorthern VanuatuNortheast Vanuatu Banks IslandsNuclear SantoSouth SantoTangoaLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code tgp class extiw title iso639 3 tgp tgp a Glottologtang1347ELPTangoaTangoa is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World s Languages in DangerCharacteristics EditTangoa is one of the few languages of Vanuatu and indeed of the world possessing a set of linguolabial consonants References Edit Tangoa at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Vari Bogiri Hannah 2008 A Sociolinguistic Survey of Araki A Dying Language of Vanuatu Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 26 1 doi 10 1080 14790710508668398 This article about Southern Oceanic languages is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tangoa language amp oldid 1138182280, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
