Ura language (Vanuatu)
| Ura | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Vanuatu |
| Region | Erromango |
Native speakers | (6 cited 1998) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | uur |
| Glottolog | urav1235 |
| ELP | Ura (Vanuatu) |
Ura is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Ura is a moribund language of the island Erromango in Vanuatu. It was thought to be extinct, after massive depopulation of the island in the nineteenth century, until Terry Crowley discovered a handful of elderly speakers in the 1990s.