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ISO 639-3 · mllmll

Austronesian family

Malua Bay

Malua Bay is a language of the Malakula branch (Austronesian), spoken in Vanuatu. Wikidata counts about 600 speakers.

6b · ThreatenedLatn600

Wikidata record Glottolog

At a glance

ISO 639-3: mll
Glottocode: malu1245
Family: Austronesian
EGIDS: 6b Threatened
Wikipedia: 5 language editions

—first-language speakers

—second-language speakers

1countries

1scripts

11levels in the tree

6bEGIDS level

Facts

Name	Malua Bay
Also called	Malua Bay language
All speakers	600
Written in	Latin script

Vitality

EGIDS 6b Threatened6b

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level

family tree

From Austronesian to Malua Bay

The branches above Malua Bay, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1039Austronesianfamily 944Malayo-Polynesianbranch 634Nuclear Malayo-Polynesianbranch 579Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch 470Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch 438Oceanicbranch 220Central–Eastern Oceanicbranch 130Southern Oceanicbranch 95North and Central Vanuatubranch 16Central Vanuatubranch 5MalakulabranchmllMalua Baylanguage

where it is spoken

Countries

Vanuatu113 languages in the index

Also spoken in Vanuatu

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · International fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · International tonTonganAustronesian · 186,0101 · National bisBislamaunclassified · 10,0001 · National appApmaAustronesian · 7,8006a · Vigorous tnpWhitesandsAustronesian · 7,5007 · Shifting mxeMele-FilaAustronesian · 3,5005 · Developing lnnNethalpAustronesian · 3406b · Threatened mmmMaiiAustronesian · 1806b · Threatened akrArakiAustronesian8b · Nearly Extinct

related languages

Other Malakula languages

Language	ISO	Countries	Speakers	Vitality
aulAulua	`aul`		300	6a · Vigorous
snsNahavaq	`sns`			6b · Threatened
mlxMalfaxal	`mlx`			6a · Vigorous
mvtMpotovoro	`mvt`			6b · Threatened

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