Whitesands language

Whitesands
	East Tanna
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Tanna Island, east coast
Native speakers	7,500 (2001)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic South Vanuatu Tanna Whitesands; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tnp
Glottolog	whit1269

Whitesands, or East Tanna, is a language spoken on the eastern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. It is closely related to the North Tanna and Lenakel languages.[2]

Phonology

Consonants

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	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	p		t tʲ		k x
Nasal	m		n		ŋ
Trill / tap			r ɹ
Fricative		f	s	tʲ		h̥
Glide		w			j
Lateral			l

Vowels

[3]^:8
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ə	u
Mid	ɛ	ə	ɔ
Open		ɐ

References

Whitesands at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammond, J. (2009). The grammar of nouns and verbs in Whitesands, an oceanic language of Southern Vanuatu. Master Thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney. link
Hammond, Jeremy (June 2009). "The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu" (PDF). CORE.

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[e18-1] Whitesands at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] Hammond, J. (2009). The grammar of nouns and verbs in Whitesands, an oceanic language of Southern Vanuatu. Master Thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney. link

[info-3] Hammond, Jeremy (June 2009). "The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu" (PDF). CORE.