ISO 639-3 · mxemxe
Austronesian family
Mele-Fila
Mele-Fila is a language of the Nuclear Polynesian branch (Austronesian), spoken in Vanuatu. Wikidata counts about 3,500 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Polynesian language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mxe- Glottocode
mele1250- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Mele-Fila |
|---|---|
| Also called | Mele-Fila language |
| All speakers | 3,500 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Mele-Fila
The branches above Mele-Fila, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Vanuatu
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