Avava language

Avava
Avava
Katbol
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Central Malekula
Native speakers	700 (2001)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu Central Vanuatu Malakula Malakula Interior Avava; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tmb
Glottolog	katb1237
ELP	Avava; Nivat;
	Avava is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Avava (Navava), also known as Katbol, Tembimbe-Katbol, or Bangsa’ is an Oceanic language of central Malekula, Vanuatu. It has nasalized fricatives and a bilabial trill.

The four Avava-speaking villages speak or spoke, distinct dialects. Timbembe and Nevaar (Nɨviar) are still spoken. The Nivat (Nevat) and Bangasa (Umbrul) dialects are extinct. Bangasa/Bangsa', or more correctly Bangasak, was known as Numbuwul by its neighbors to the north; the endonym is Umbbuul [(u)ᵐʙuːl].

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