Yaren Mwotlap

Yaren Mwotlap
Dangin harshen	Austronesian (en) Malayo-Polynesian (en) Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian (en) Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (en) Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (en) Oceanic (en) Central–Eastern Oceanic (en) Southern Oceanic (en) North and Central Vanuatu (en) Mwotlap language
Baƙaƙen rubutu	Baƙaƙen boko
Lamban rijistar harshe
ISO 639-1	no value
ISO 639-3	mlv
Glottolog	motl1237

Mutanen yaren Mwotlap

Mwotlap an fara bayyana shi dalla-dalla a cikin shekara ta 2001, ta hanyar masanin harshe Alexandre François., wanda aka saba magana a tsibirin, ana iya ɗaukarsa yare ko yare daban.

Harshen

Mai magana da Mwotlap

An sanya sunan harshe ne bayan tsibirin.

Yankin da aka rarraba

Kimanin mutane 2,100 ne ke magana da Mwotlap a Tsibirin Banks, a Arewacin Vanuatu. Daga cikinsu, 1,640 suna zaune a tsibirin Mota Lava da tsibirin makwabta, Ra. Har ila yau, 'yan daruruwan mutane da ke zaune a wasu wurare a Vanuatu suna magana da shi:

• Vanua Lava, musamman a arewa maso gabas
• Sauran tsibirai da yawa na arewacin Vanuatu ciki har da Ureparapara, Gaua, da Ambae
• Port-Vila, babban birnin Vanuatu
• Luganville, birni na biyu mafi girma a kasar, wanda ke tsibirin Espiritu SantoRuhu Mai Tsarki

Rarraba

Mwotlap na cikin dangin yaren Austronesian, wanda ya haɗa da harsuna sama da 1,200. A cikin danginsa, Mwotlap yare ne na Oceanic, wanda ya fito ne daga kakannin da aka yi la'akari da su na dukkan harsunan Oceanic, Proto-Oceanic. Fiye da haka, yare ne na Kudancin Oceanic.

Tarihi

Robert Henry Codrington, firist na Anglican wanda ya yi nazarin al'ummomin Melanesian, ya fara bayyana Mwotlap a 1885. Yayinda yake mai da hankali kan Mota, Codrington ya sadaukar da shafuka goma sha biyu na aikinsa The Melanesian Languages ga harshen "Motlav". Duk da cewa yana da ɗan gaje"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"gloss","href":"./Template:Gloss"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Abraham"}},"i":0}}]}' data-ve-no-generated-contents="true" id="mwVw" typeof="mw:Transclusion">'"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"lang","href":"./Template:Lang"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"mlv"},"2":{"wt":"r"}},"i":0}}]}' data-ve-no-generated-contents="true" id="mwUQ" title="Motlav-language text" typeof="mw:Transclusion">r lokaci, ana iya amfani da wannan bayanin don nuna canje-canje da yawa y faru a Mwotlap a cikin karni na 20, kamar canjin r zuwa y (aikin da aka riga aka nuna a cikin kalmar aro Epyaem ''). Bugu da ƙari, Codrington ya bayyana Volow, yaren da ke da alaƙa da Mwotlap (wani lokacin ma ana ɗaukar yaren Mwotlap). Volow, wanda ya ƙare a yau, ana magana da shi a gabashin Mota Lava, a yankin Aplow.