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Wailapa language
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Wailapa, or Moiso or Ale, is an Oceanic language[2][3] or dialect[4] spoken on Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu.
It is possibly endangered,[5] with its status described as "shifting".[6] It is also described as "stable".[3]
It has multiple dialects.[7]
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Classification
Wailapa is generally described as a language,[2][3] but also as a dialect of the proposed, lexicostastically defined Southwest Santo language along with Araki, Tangoa, and Akei.[8][4]
Selected vocabulary
The list below is a sample of words in Wailapa. [7]
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References
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