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Apma language
Apma (or Abma) is the language of central Pentecost island in Vanuatu. Apma belongs to the East Vanuatu languages, a branch of the Austronesian languages family.
With an estimated 7,800 native speakers (in the year 2000), Apma is the most widely spoken of Pentecost's native languages, and the fifth largest vernacular in Vanuatu as a whole. In recent times Apma has spread at the expense of other indigenous languages such as Sowa and Ske. Apma is increasingly mixed with words and expressions from Bislama, Vanuatu's national language.
== Name of the language==
Like Pentecost's other languages, Apma is named after the local word for "what" or "something". Locally it is usually referred to simply as ''dalekte'' "language" or ''daleda'' "our language". Many people from other areas of Vanuatu recognise the language by the catchphrase ''te gabis'' meaning "good" or "OK", or refer informally to its speakers as ''wakin'', an Apma term of address for brothers or friends.
Some linguists treat the Apma sound ''p'' as an allophone of ''b'', and thus write the language's name as ''Abma''. However, this interpretation of the language's phonology is disputed, and locally ''Apma'' is the preferred spelling.〔The details in the phonology section below are based on Gray (2013), who does not treat ''p'' as a straightforward allophone of ''b''.〕
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