Avok language

Avok is an Oceanic language spoken in South Malakula, Vanuatu.^[1] It is noted for its liquid consonants.^[2]

Avok
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	South Malekula
Native speakers	500 (2015)(ELP)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu Central Vanuatu Malakula Malakula Coastal Avok
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	avok1244
ELP	Avok
Avok is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

References

1. Rangelov, Tihomir; Walworth, Mary; Barbour, Julie (2023-07-28). "A multifaceted approach to understanding unexpected sound change: The bilabial trills of Vanuatu's Malekula Island". Diachronica. 40 (3): 384–432. doi:10.1075/dia.21051.ran. hdl:10289/15510. ISSN 0176-4225.
2. Lynch, John (2008). "Liquid Vocalization and Loss in Central Vanuatu". Oceanic Linguistics. 47 (2): 294–315. ISSN 0029-8115.