Tanimbili language
Appearance
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Endangered language of Solomon Islands
Tanimbili | |
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Tanibili | |
Native to | Solomon Islands |
Region | Utupua |
Native speakers | (15 cited 1999)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tbe |
Glottolog | tani1255 |
ELP | Tanimbili |
Tanimbili is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Tanimbili (Tanibili), or Nyisunggu, is a nearly-extinct language spoken on the island of Utupua, in the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands.[1][2]
Bibliography
[edit]- Tryon, Darrell (1994). "Language contact and contact-induced language change in the Eastern Outer Islands, Solomon Islands". In Tom Dutton; Darrell Tryon (eds.). Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 611–648. ISBN 978-3-11-088309-1..
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tanimbili at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Tryon (1994).
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