• the language area (spelt "Nauvhal" in publicity for the 2015 film Tanna), Nivai in the south-west, and Nelpwaai in the north-east. Southwest Tanna at Ethnologue...
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    The name Tanna, first cited by James Cook, is derived from the word tana in the Kwamera language, meaning "earth". Etymologically, Tanna goes back to...
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  • Erromanga language#Linguistic situation for a description) Tanna family Southern: Kwamera (South Tanna), Southwest Tanna Northern: Lenakel (West Tanna), Whitesands...
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  • North Tanna is a language spoken on the northern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. It is similar to Whitesands, but its exact position within the Tanna languages...
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  • The film's dialogue is shot in the Southwest Tanna (Nivhaal dialect) and Nafe (Kwamera, South Tanna) languages, which are used in Yakel. The cast members...
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  • or West Tanna, is a dialect chain spoken on the western coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. Lenakel is one of five languages spoken on Tanna. The native...
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  • Kwamera, or South Tanna, the endonym being Nafe (Nɨfe), is a language spoken on the southeastern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. Kwamera at Ethnologue...
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  • East Tanna, is a language spoken on the eastern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. It is closely related to the North Tanna and Lenakel languages. Whitesands...
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  • one of the many languages of the Malekula Coast group of Vanuatu. Nahavaq at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) ELAR archive of Nahavaq language documentation...
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  • Njav is a Malakula language of Vanuatu. There are about 10 speakers. François et al. 2015. François, Alexandre; Franjieh, Michael; Lacrampe, Sébastien;...
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