Emalus Library Online Documents Collection - Vanuatu

An annotated bibliography of Vanuatu languages, by John Lynch

This is an HTML version of selections from a book written by John Lynch and produced in 1994 by the Pacific Information Centre and University of the South Pacific Library in Suva, Fiji. It is intended to give some very general information about work done on languages of Vanuatu.
Note that for a number of languages of Vanuatu there has been no significant work done.

General work on languages of Vanuatu is listed separately.

Work related to Bislama (the variety of Melanesian Pidgin spoken throughout Vanuatu) is listed separately.

The work is cited here by island name. Click on an island name to see which languages are spoken there. Click here to see a map of Vanuatu.

Languages of Ambae

Languages of Ambrym

Languages of Aneityum

Languages of Banks

Languages of Efate

Languages of Epi

Languages of Futuna and Aniwa

Languages of Maewo

Languages of Malakula

Languages of Paama

Languages of Pentecost

Languages of Santo

Languages of Shepherds

Languages of Tanna