Naman is a member of the Southern Oceanic branch of Malayo-Polynesian language family. It is spoken by fewer than 20 people in Litslits (Litzlitz) village on the northeast coast of Malekula Island in Malampa Province in central Vanuatu. Speakers of Naman used to live in the Lambundu area of Malakula, but they moved to Litslits because of epidemics. Most Naman speakers are shifting or have shifted to other languages of northern Malakula.
Naman is also known as Litzlitz, Langalanga, Lëngalëng, Metenesel or Netenesel. It is written with the Latin alphabet.
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Na-var bë-sabe usër bësien Lëngalëng Naman. Melu Lëngalëng iv jëber Baganskhus nowe i Khaub tevlen vale iag i. Vale jëber Kahmelings Tebëgo Rëteleb Langanout. Vale Venave iv jëber Baganevenu it raadin.
I want to talk about Naman, the language of Lëngalëng. It came out from Lëngalëng and went as far as Baganjkhus on the Aup River on this side. It came as far as Khamelings, Tebëbgo, Rëteleb and Langanout.
Source: Naman: a vanishing language of Malakula (Vanuatu) (PDF)
Information about Naman | Numbers
Information about Naman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litzlitz_language
http://olac.ldc.upenn.edu/language/lzl
Naman: a vanishing language of Malakula (Vanuatu)
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Litzlitz.htm
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