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Tasmate language

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Oceanic language of Vanuatu
Tasmate
Oa, Meri
Native toVanuatu
RegionEspiritu Santo
Native speakers(150 cited 1983)
Language familyAustronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3tmt
Glottologtasm1246
ELPTasmate
Tasmate is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Tasmate (alternatively Oa or Meri) is an Oceanic language spoken in the north of Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu.

Name

Main article: Tasmate

References

  1. Tasmate at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Languages of Vanuatu
Official languages
Indigenous
languages
(Southern
Oceanic

and Polynesian)
North
Vanuatu
Torres–Banks
Penama
Espiritu Santo
Central
Vanuatu
Epi
Malakula
South Vanuatu
Polynesian
Southern Oceanic languages
North
Vanuatu
Torres–Banks
Maewo–Ambae–
North Pentecost
South Pentecost
Espiritu Santo
Nuclear
Southern
Oceanic
Central Vanuatu
South Vanuatu
Erromango
Tanna
Loyalties–
New Caledonia
Loyalty Islands
New Caledonian
Southern
Northern
  • * indicates proposed status
  • ? indicates classification dispute
  • † indicates extinct status
Austronesian languages
Formosan
Malayo-Polynesian
Western
Philippine
Greater Barito*
Greater North Borneo*
Celebic
South Sulawesi
Central
Eastern
SHWNG
Oceanic
Western
Southern
  • * indicates proposed status
  • ? indicates classification dispute
  • † indicates extinct status


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