Whitesands language

Whitesands, or East Tanna, or Narak,^[2] is a language spoken on the eastern coast of Tanna, in southern Vanuatu. It is closely related to the neighbouring North Tanna and Lenakel languages.^[3]

Whitesands
East Tanna
Narak
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Tanna Island, east coast
Native speakers	7,500 (2001)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic South Vanuatu Tanna Whitesands
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tnp
Glottolog	whit1269
Whitesands is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Phonology

Consonants

Whitesands has 16 consonant phonemes:^[3]: 9

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Plosive	p	t	tʲ	k
Fricative	f	s		x	h
Rhotic		r ɹ
Lateral		l
Semivowel	w		j

Vowels

It has six phonemic vowels:^[3]: 8

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ə	u
Mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open		ɐ