Wailapa, or Ale, is an Oceanic language spoken on Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu. It is in a dialect chain between Akei and Penantsiro,[clarification needed][2] but these are not mutually intelligible.
| Wailapa | |
|---|---|
| Ale | |
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Espiritu Santo |
Native speakers | 500[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wlr |
| Glottolog | wail1242 |
| ELP | Wailapa |
Wailapa is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
François, Alexandre; Franjieh, Michael; Lacrampe, Sébastien; Schnell, Stefan (2015), "The exceptional linguistic density of Vanuatu" (PDF), in François, Alexandre; Lacrampe, Sébastien; Franjieh, Michael; Schnell, Stefan (eds.), The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity, Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia, Canberra: Asia Pacific Linguistics Open Access, pp. 1–21, ISBN 9781922185235
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