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Ura language (Vanuatu)
| Ura | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Erromango |
Native speakers | (6 cited 1998)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | uur |
| Glottolog | urav1235 |
| ELP | Ura (Vanuatu) |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Lang_Status_20-CR.svg) Ura is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Ura is a moribund language of the island Erromango in Vanuatu. It was thought to be extinct, after massive depopulation of the island in the nineteenth century, until Terry Crowley discovered a handful of elderly speakers in the 1990s.[2]
- ^ Ura at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Crowley, Terry. 1999. "Ura : a disappearing language of Southern Vanuatu". Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. The Australian National University.
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