Whitesands language

Whitesands
Whitesands
East Tanna
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Tanna Island, east coast
Native speakers	7,500 (2001)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic South Vanuatu Tanna Whitesands; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tnp
Glottolog	whit1269
	Whitesands is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Whitesands, or East Tanna, is a language spoken on the eastern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. It is closely related to the North Tanna and Lenakel languages.^[2]

Phonology

Consonants

^[3]^: 9
	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Plosive	p	t	tʲ	k
Fricative	f	s		x	h
Rhotic		r ɹ
Lateral		l
Semivowel	w		j

Vowels

^[3]^: 8
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ə	u
Mid	ɛ	ə	ɔ
Open		ɐ

References

^ Whitesands at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Hammond, J. (2009). The grammar of nouns and verbs in Whitesands, an oceanic language of Southern Vanuatu. Master Thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney. link
^ ^a ^b Hammond, Jeremy (June 2009). "The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu" (PDF). CORE.

[e18-1] Whitesands at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Hammond, J. (2009). The grammar of nouns and verbs in Whitesands, an oceanic language of Southern Vanuatu. Master Thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney. link

[info-3] Hammond, Jeremy (June 2009). "The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu" (PDF). CORE.

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