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Vanuatu

a South Pacific nation


82 small islands
population 215,000

Vanuatu
First inhabitants arrived ~4,000 years ago
Independence from France and UK1980
In 1908 both colonial countries had agreed to
administer the country jointly

Official or national languagesBislama, French,


English
108 Indigenous languages
1 language for every 1990 people
Austronesian language family

2nd highest linguistic diversity in the world


(PNG is 1st)

85% Christian (Protestant, Roman Catholic, other)

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