Nahavaq language

Nahavaq, also known as South West Bay (Malekula) or Siesip, is one of the many languages of the Malekula Coast group of Vanuatu.

Nahavaq
South West Bay, Siesip
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Malekula
Ethnicity	860 ethnic population (no date)[1]
Native speakers	600 (2001)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu Central Vanuatu Malakula Malakula Coastal Nahavaq
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sns
Glottolog	sout2857
ELP	Nahavaq
Nahavaq is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

References

1. Nahavaq at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

External links

• ELAR archive of Nahavaq language documentation materials.
• Paradisec has a number of collections that include Nahavaq language materials