Aveteian language

Aveteian
Aveteian
Dixon Reef
Pronunciation	[avəteián₂]
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.

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