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Vanuatu—a South Pacifc nation

82 small islandspopulation 215,000

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Vanuatu

• First inhabitants arrived ~,000 !ears a"o

•  #ndependence $rom France and %&—1'80 – #n 1'08 both colonial countries had a"reed to

administer the countr! (ointl!

• )*cial or national lan"ua"es—+islama, French,n"lish

• 108 #ndi"enous lan"ua"es – 1 lan"ua"e $or ever! 1''0 people

 – -ustronesian lan"ua"e $amil!

• 2nd hi"hest lin"uistic diversit! in the .orld  – /P is 1st

• 853 4hristian /Protestant, oman 4atholic, other

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