Erromanga language

Sie
Sie
Erromangan
Region	Southern Vanuatu
Native speakers	1,900 (2001)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic South Vanuatu Erromangan Sie; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	erg
Glottolog	siee1239
	Erromango Island
	Sie is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Erromangan, or Sie (Sye), is the primary language spoken on the island Erromango in the Tafea region of the Vanuatu islands. The other Erromanga languages are either moribund or extinct. Although the island is quite large (887 km²), the total number of speakers of Erromango is estimated at 1900.

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