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Larëvat language

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 28, 2024
Entity authorityQ3217892 ↗
Source-derived summary

Larëvat is an Oceanic language of central Malekula, Vanuatu.

The current population of Larëvat-speaking villages is estimated at around 675 speakers. They are located around Losinwei, which is also known as the "neck of the dog" due to the island looking like a sitting dog.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Larëvat language” as language. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 45-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Larëvat and language can be independently traced.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 28, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q3217892. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Larëvat language” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.