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Aveteian
Dixon Reef
Pronunciation
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Malakula
Native speakers	probably fewer than 50 (2007)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu Central Vanuatu Malakula Malakula Interior Aveteian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dix
Glottolog	dixo1238
ELP	Aveteian
Aveteian is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Aveteian (Dixon Reef) is a possibly extinct language of Vanuatu, presumably one of the Malekula Interior languages. In the early twentieth century it was spoken by a few families living to the north of Ninde.

References

1. Aveteian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. See p.107 of:
   Blust, Robert. 2013. The Austronesian Languages. (Rev. ed.) Asia-Pacific Linguistics Open Access monographs, A-PL 008. Canberra, ACT: Asia-Pacific Linguistics.
3. Lynch & Crowley, 2001, Languages of Vanuatu: A New Survey and Bibliography. Australian National University.

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