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- Ske_language abstract "Ske (or Seke) is an endangered language of south-western Pentecost island in Vanuatu. Ske belongs to the East Vanuatu languages, a branch of the Austronesian languages family. The Ske area comprises fourteen small villages centred around Bwaravet in south-western Pentecost, from Levizendam in the north to Hotwata in the south and extending inland to Vanliamit. Historically the language's area extended to parallel areas of the east coast, but this part of the island is now depopulated.Due to intermarriage between language areas, an increasing number of people in Ske-speaking villages now speak Apma, Sa or Bislama as a first language, and local chiefs fear for the future of Ske. A closely related neighbouring language, Sowa, has already been totally displaced by Apma.The number of Ske speakers was estimated at 600 in the year 2000, although this may be an overestimate, since not everybody in the Ske area is fluent in the language.There is no significant dialectal variation within modern Ske, although there are noticeable differences between the Ske of older and younger speakers. Doltes, the extinct dialect of Hotwata village, is sometimes regarded as a Ske dialect, but appears to have been closer to Sa.There is no local tradition of writing in Ske, and until recently the language was virtually undocumented. However, linguist Kay Johnson of SOAS is currently studying the language. Prior to her arrival, the only records of Ske were short vocabulary lists collected by David Walsh in the 1960s, Catriona Hyslop in 2001 and Andrew Gray in 2007.".
- Ske_language iso6393Code "ske".
- Ske_language languageFamily Malayo-Polynesian_languages.
- Ske_language languageFamily Oceanic_languages.
- Ske_language languageFamily Southern_Oceanic_languages.
- Ske_language languageFamily Vanuatu.
- Ske_language spokenIn Pentecost.
- Ske_language spokenIn Vanuatu.
- Ske_language wikiPageExternalLink ske.
- Ske_language wikiPageID "25625500".
- Ske_language wikiPageRevisionID "575355206".
- Ske_language altname "Seke".
- Ske_language date "2011".
- Ske_language fam East_Vanuatu_languages.
- Ske_language fam Malayo-Polynesian_languages.
- Ske_language fam Oceanic_languages.
- Ske_language fam Southern_Oceanic_languages.
- Ske_language fam "Vanuatu".
- Ske_language familycolor "Austronesian".
- Ske_language hasPhotoCollection Ske_language.
- Ske_language iso "ske".
- Ske_language name "Ske".
- Ske_language ref "e17".
- Ske_language region "Pentecost island".
- Ske_language speakers "300".
- Ske_language states Vanuatu.
- Ske_language subject Category:East_Vanuatu_languages.
- Ske_language subject Category:Languages_of_Vanuatu.
- Ske_language type Abstraction100002137.
- Ske_language type Communication100033020.
- Ske_language type EastVanuatuLanguages.
- Ske_language type Language106282651.
- Ske_language type LanguagesOfVanuatu.
- Ske_language type Language.
- Ske_language type Language.
- Ske_language type Language.
- Ske_language type InformationEntity.
- Ske_language comment "Ske (or Seke) is an endangered language of south-western Pentecost island in Vanuatu. Ske belongs to the East Vanuatu languages, a branch of the Austronesian languages family. The Ske area comprises fourteen small villages centred around Bwaravet in south-western Pentecost, from Levizendam in the north to Hotwata in the south and extending inland to Vanliamit.".
- Ske_language label "Ske language".
- Ske_language sameAs m.02hw_r9.
- Ske_language sameAs Q7534244.
- Ske_language sameAs Q7534244.
- Ske_language sameAs Ske_language.
- Ske_language wasDerivedFrom Ske_language?oldid=575355206.
- Ske_language isPrimaryTopicOf Ske_language.
- Ske_language name "Ske".