Big Nambas language
Big Nambas (native name V'ənen Taut) is an Oceanic language spoken by about 3,400 people (as of 2001[update]) in northwest Malekula, Vanuatu.Approximately nineteen villages in the Big Nambas region of the Malekula Interior use the language exclusively with no variation in dialect.A Big Nambas translation of the Bible has been completed recently by Andrew Fox.The consonants /t β r l n/ all exhibit phonemic gemination when two identical ones occur between syllables.Linguolabial consonants are often marked with an apostrophe in the orthography to distinguish them from their bilabial counterparts.