Mwerlap is an Oceanic language spoken in the south of the Banks Islands in Vanuatu. Its 1,100 speakers live mostly in Merelava and Merig, but a fair proportion...
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Merelava (redirect from Mwerlap island)
of northern Vanuatu. The inhabitants of Merelava call their own island Mwerlap, more accurately N̄wërlap [ŋʷɞrˈlap]. The name Merelava or M̄ere Lava reflects...
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Lemerig, Vera'a, Vurës, Mwesen, Mota, Nume, Dorig, Koro, Olrat, Lakon, and Mwerlap. With an average of 550 speakers per language, Torba is one of the most...
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Lemerig, Vera'a, Vurës, Mwesen, Mota, Nume, Dorig, Koro, Olrat, Lakon, and Mwerlap. Proto-Torres-Banks, as reconstructed with the comparative method from...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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0.2774 Banks Islands (Mota) NCV Mpotovoro mvt 430 0.1590 Malekula NCV Mwerlap mrm Merlav 1,100 0.4068 Banks Islands (Merelava) NCV Mwesen msn Mosina...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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landing easier. In the Proto-Torres–Banks language, ancestral to Mota and Mwerlap, it can be reconstructed as *tasimate. The name may refer to the following...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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phonological front vowel. Mortlockese mér [mɞr] 'to sleep' Phonemic vowel. Mwerlap N̄wërlap [ŋʷɞrˈlap] 'Merelava' Navajo tsosts’id [tsʰɞstsˈɪt] 'seven' See...
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Gaua. Nume is a distinct language from its immediate southern neighbors, Mwerlap and Dorig. The name Nume originates in the name of a village, now abandoned...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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coast) and Qtevut (west coast). Dorig's immediate neighbours are Koro and Mwerlap. The name Dorig is derived from the name of the village where it is spoken...
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Mwotlap Volow Lemerig Vera’a Vurës Mwesen Mota Nume Dorig Koro Olrat Lakon Mwerlap Maewo–Ambae– North Pentecost Sun̄wadia Sun̄wadaga Baetora Duidui Northeast...
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