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The languages of the Central Vanuatu family of the Efate Islands are part of the Southern Oceanic languages. The language are spoken in the province of Shefa, central Vanuatu, on the islands of Éfaté and the many small islands of the Shepherds Group. The main difference in recent classifications is the position of the languages within Oceanic (see Southern Oceanic languages) and whether to include the South Efate language of the capital Port Villa. ==Languages == Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002) include just two languages:〔Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & Terry Crowley. 2002. ''The Oceanic languages.'' Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press.〕 *Namakir (Shepherds Islands ) *Nakanamanga (North Efate) Clark (2009) includes South Efate:〔Clark, Ross. 2009. '' *Leo Tuai: A comparative lexical study of North and Central Vanuatu languages.'' Canberra ACT.: Pacific Linguistics (Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University).〕 *Namakir (Namakura) *Efate: South Efate, North Efate, Eton, Lelepa (Ross ''et al.'' had counted Eton and Lelepa as dialects of the other languages.) According to Thieberger, ''Efatese'' is an artificial mixture of the languages of Efate. == References == 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Central Vanuatu languages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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