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Avok is an Oceanic language spoken in South Malakula, Vanuatu.[1] It is noted for its liquid consonants.[2]

Avok
Native toVanuatu
RegionSouth Malekula
Native speakers
500 (2015)(ELP)
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Southern Oceanic
        • North-Central Vanuatu
          • Central Vanuatu
            • Malakula
              • Malakula Coastal
                • Avok
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologavok1244
ELPAvok
Avok is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

References

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  1. ↑ Rangelov, Tihomir; Walworth, Mary; Barbour, Julie (2023-07-28). "A multifaceted approach to understanding unexpected sound change: The bilabial trills of Vanuatu's Malekula Island". Diachronica. 40 (3): 384–432. doi:10.1075/dia.21051.ran. hdl:10289/15510. ISSN 0176-4225.
  2. ↑ Lynch, John (2008). "Liquid Vocalization and Loss in Central Vanuatu". Oceanic Linguistics. 47 (2): 294–315. ISSN 0029-8115.

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