Tanimbili language

Tanimbili (Tanibili), or Nyisunggu, is a nearly-extinct language spoken on the island of Utupua, in the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands.^[1][2]

Tanimbili
Tanibili
Native to	Solomon Islands
Region	Utupua
Native speakers	(15 cited 1999)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Temotu Utupua Tanimbili
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tbe
Glottolog	tani1255
ELP	Tanimbili
Tanimbili is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Bibliography

• Tryon, Darrell (1994). "Language contact and contact-induced language change in the Eastern Outer Islands, Solomon Islands". In Tom Dutton; Darrell Tryon (eds.). Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 611–648. ISBN 978-3-11-088309-1..