Nafsan language
The Nafsan language, also known as South Efate or Erakor, is a Southern Oceanic language spoken on the island of Efate in central Vanuatu. As of 2005, there are approximately 6,000 speakers who live in coastal villages from Pango to Eton. The language's grammar has been studied by Nick Thieberger, who has produced a book of stories and a dictionary of the language.
| Nafsan | |
|---|---|
| South Efate | |
| Fate, Erakor | |
| Native to | Northeast Vanuatu |
| Region | Efate Island |
Native speakers | 6,000 (2001) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | erk |
| Glottolog | sout2856 |
Nafsan is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Nafsan is closely related to Nguna and to Lelepa. Based on shared features with southern Vanuatu languages (including echo–subject marking, and the free and preposed 1st-singular-possessive morphemes), Lynch (2001) suggests it could form part of a southern Vanuatu subgroup that includes New Caledonia instead of the neighboring Efate languages.
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