Wailapa language

Wailapa
Wailapa
Ale
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Espiritu Santo
Native speakers	500
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu North Vanuatu Espiritu Santo Wailapa; ; ; ; ; ; ;
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

Wailapa, or Ale, is an Oceanic language spoken on Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu. It is in a dialect chain between Akei and Penantsiro, but these are not mutually intelligible.

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