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ISO 639-3 · mvtmvt

Austronesian family

Mpotovoro

Mpotovoro is a language of the Malakula branch (Austronesian), spoken in Vanuatu.

6b · Threatened

Wikidata record Glottolog

At a glance

ISO 639-3: mvt
Glottocode: mpot1241
Family: Austronesian
EGIDS: 6b Threatened
Wikipedia: 6 language editions

—first-language speakers

—second-language speakers

1countries

—scripts

11levels in the tree

6bEGIDS level

Facts

Name	Mpotovoro
Also called	Mpotovoro language, Mpotovoro

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 Mpotovoro

The branches above Mpotovoro, 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 5MalakulabranchmvtMpotovorolanguage

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
mllMalua Bay	`mll`		600	6b · Threatened
aulAulua	`aul`		300	6a · Vigorous
snsNahavaq	`sns`			6b · Threatened
mlxMalfaxal	`mlx`			6a · Vigorous

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