Mota language

Mota
Mota
Pronunciation	[ŋ͡mʷota]
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Mota island
Native speakers	750 (2012)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu North Vanuatu Torres-Banks Mota; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Maligo; Veverao;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mtt
Glottolog	mota1237
ELP	Mota

Mota is an Oceanic language spoken by about 750 people on Mota island, in the Banks Islands of Vanuatu. It is the most conservative Torres–Banks language, and the only one to keep its inherited five-vowel system intact while also preserving most final vowels.

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