Melanesia – vanuatu

декабря 19, 2010 · By admin

Vanuatu is a Melanesian archipelago in the Pacific ocean. Port of call is Vila, 2010. The Ni-Vans, short for Ni-Vanuatu (people of Vanuatu) speak an English pigeon lingua franca named WANTOK. This contact language started out as a language of trade comparable to the (Pasar) Malay language in Indonesia. The Ni-Vans nation is composed of 150 different tribes over 80 islands, which all have their own distinguished languages. The Ni-Van do not understand eachothers languages. The Ni-Van celebrate their culture(s) which is enjoying a revival brought on by (mostly Australian) tourism entering the region. However most of the cultural activity is still strongly rooted in their Adat, which they call Kastom.

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