Akei language

Akei
Akei
Tasiriki
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Espiritu Santo
Native speakers	(650 cited 1981)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu North Vanuatu Espiritu Santo Akei; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tsr
Glottolog	akei1237
	Akei is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Akei, or Tasiriki, is an Oceanic dialect chain spoken on the southwest coast of Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu.

Name edit

The alternate name Tasiriki literally means "small water" (tasi "water", riki "small").

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