Aveteian language

Aveteian
Dixon Reef
Pronunciation[avəteián₂]
Native toVanuatu
RegionMalakula
Native speakers
probably fewer than 50 (2007)
Language codes
ISO 639-3dix
Glottologdixo1238
ELPAveteian
Aveteian is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Aveteian (Dixon Reef) is a possibly extinct language of Vanuatu, presumably one of the Malekula Interior languages. In the early twentieth century it was spoken by a few families living to the north of Ninde.