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Mavia

Native name: Mav̋ea
Labelled as Mafia Island
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	15.3847°0′S 167.2319°0′E / 15.385°S 167.232°E / -15.385; 167.232
Archipelago	Vanuatu
Area	47 km (18 sq mi)
Highest elevation	63 m (207 ft)
Administration
Vanuatu
Province	Sanma Province
Demographics
Population	232 (2015)
Ethnic groups	Melanesian

Mavia or Mavea (known locally as Mav̋ea IPA: [mað̼ea]) is an inhabited island in Sanma Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. The island lies off the eastern coast of Espiritu Santo. The estimated terrain elevation above the sea level is some 63 metres.

Population and language

As of 2015, the official local population was 232 people in 47 households.

Some 30 local people speak the endangered Mavea language. There are at least another 30 Mavea speakers who have left the island permanently to live throughout Vanuatu, mainly on Espiritu Santo Island (in the villages of Deproma and Matevulu), Aore Island, and in Port Vila, the capital city of Vanuatu. All Mavea speakers are bilingual in Bislama, one of the official languages of Vanuatu.

References

1. "Vanuatu". Haos Blong Volkeno. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
2. "Espiritu Santo – East coast". Retrieved 6 August 2018.
3. "Mavea Island". Mapcarta. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
4. "2015 Vanuatu National Population and Households Projections by Province and Islands" (PDF). Vanuatu National Statistics Office. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
5. See p.3 of: Guérin, Valérie. A Grammar of Mavea: An Oceanic language of Vanuatu (PDF). University of Hawai'i Press. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
6. Guérin, Valérie; Aoyama, Katsura. "Mavea". Journal of the International Phonetic Association. doi:10.1017/S0025100309003958. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

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