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Tangoa language
| Tangoa | |
|---|---|
| Mara Tatagoa | |
| Region | Tangoa Island, Vanuatu |
Native speakers | 370 (2015) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tgp |
| Glottolog | tang1347 |
| ELP | Tangoa |
 Tangoa is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Tangoa, or Leon Tatagoa, is an Oceanic language[1][2] or dialect.[3] It is spoken on Tangoa Islandoff the southern coast of Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu, as well as a few mainland villages opposite Tangoa.[4] In 2015 it was estimated to have 370 speakers,[5] while in 2001 it was estimated to have 800.[6]
The community was an early settlement for Christian missionaries, leading to its use as a lingua franca in the area; it has largely displaced the moribund Araki language, with whom it is possibly mutually intelligible,[7] spoken on Araki Island.[8]
Tangoa may be endangered,[9] with its status described as "shifting".[10]
- ^ "Tangoa | Ethnologue Free". Ethnologue (Free All). Retrieved 2025-01-01.
- ^ "Glottolog 5.1 - Movono". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
- ^ Lynch, John; Crowley, Terry (2001). Languages of Vanuatu: A New Survey and Bibliography. pp. 51–52. Archived from the original on 19 July 2024.
- ^ Tryon, Darrell. "The Languages of the New Hebrides: A Checklist and General Survey".
- ^ François, Alexandre; Franjieh, Michael; Lacrampe, Sébastien; Schnell, Stefan (2015-08-11), The exceptional linguistic density of Vanuatu, vol. 5, Asia-Pacific Linguistics Open Access, p. 19, retrieved 2024-12-31
- ^ "Tangoa | Ethnologue". web.archive.org. 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
- ^ Lynch, John; Crowley, Terry (2001). Languages of Vanuatu: A New Survey and Bibliography. pp. 51–52. Archived from the original on 19 July 2024.
- ^ Vari-Bogiri, Hannah (2008). "A Sociolinguistic Survey of Araki: A Dying Language of Vanuatu". Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 26 (1). doi:10.1080/14790710508668398.
- ^ "Did you know Tangoa is endangered?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
- ^ "Glottolog 5.1 - Movono". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
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