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373: 1040: 31: 196:, spoken on Mataso, Makura, Tongoa, and Tongariki. These are all also spoken on the island of Éfaté, and are closely related to one another and the other languages of Éfaté and central Vanuatu in the language group 163:, the population numbered 3,634. The Shepherd Islands are quite densely populated. There is little economic activity although fishing is very good. Many people move to Port Vila to find work. 304: 147:
and Makura. The islands are principally in the outlines of the calderas of these volcanoes. The highest of the islands is Émaé, at 644 metres (2,113 feet)
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Shepherd Islands and associated underwater volcanoes
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Shepherds Islands

16°48′S 168°30′E / 16.8°S 168.5°E / -16.8; 168.5
Epi
Éfaté
Shefa
Vanuatu
Captain Cook
Anthony Shepherd
Laika
Tongoa
Buninga
Ewose
Falea
Tongariki
Émaé
Makura
Mataso
Monument
Kuwae
above sea level
2009 census
Melanesians
Makura
Polynesian outliers
Futunic language
Ethnologue
North Éfaté
Namakura
Central Vanuatu languages

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