Mavea (also known as Mav̋ea or Mafea) is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of Mavea in Vanuatu off the eastern coast of Espiritu Santo. It belongs to the North–Central Vanuatu linkage of Southern Oceanic. The total population of the island is approximately 172 with only 34 fluent speakers of the Mavea language reported in 2008.
ISO 639-3 code
mkv
family
Malayo-Polynesian languages, Oceanic languages, Southern Oceanic languages
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