Neveʻei language

Neveʻei
Neveʻei
Vinmavis
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Central Malekula
Ethnicity	710 ethnic population (no date)
Native speakers	500 (2007)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu Central Vanuatu Malakula Malakula Interior Neveʻei; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	vnm
Glottolog	vinm1237
ELP	Vinmavis
	Neveʻei is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Neveʻei ([neveʔei]), also known as Vinmavis, is an Oceanic language of central Malekula, Vanuatu. There are around 500 primary speakers of Neveʻei and about 750 speakers in total.

Neveʻei was described for the first time by Jill Musgrave, in a monograph published in 2007: A grammar of Neveʻei, Vanuatu. This book is the source for the data and analyses below.