Malakula languages

Malakula
Malakula
Malekula
Geographic; distribution	Malakula Island in central Vanuatu
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu Central Vanuatu Malakula; ; ; ; ; ;
Proto-language	Proto-Malakula
Glottolog	mala1539

The Malakula languages are a group of Central Vanuatu languages spoken on Malakula Island in central Vanuatu. Unlike some earlier classifications, linguist and Oceanic languages specialist John Lynch (2016) considered the Malakula languages to form a coherent group.

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