In "Towards a National Sign Language in Vanuatu" Angelinah Eldads Virah, Leniker Thomas and @rachelmiles.bsky.social report on a project creating a lexical database of signs used by deaf ni-Vanuatu to support the creation of a national sign language nzlingsoc.org/journal_arti...

The second issue, Vanuatu languages in action looks at language planning and policy, education, intelligibility, translation, transmission of cultural and environmental knowledge and storytelling nzlingsoc.org/journal_arti...

This issue concludes with a review of Durand et al.'s 2024 bilingual multidisciplinary volume 'Le Vanuatu dans tous ses états' by Sandrine Bessis and Aristotelis Giannakos nzlingsoc.org/journal_arti...

Staying in the same region, Ross Clark pieces together the linguistic evidence for historical relationships and migrations in Efate and Shepherds in his article "Efatic: Towards a history" nzlingsoc.org/journal_arti...

Noémie Severin surveys "Efate and Shepherd Islands language ecology", including the complex contemporary landscape of Port Vila, Vanuatu's capital. nzlingsoc.org/journal_arti...

I don't know of anyone doing specific research on it but Andrew Gray might be able to help you, I haven't got to the summary of his article yet but it's coming! andrewgray.com

Allan Taman, Sabrina Taman and Tihomir Rangelov describe "Language ecosystems in Western Santo" assessing linguistic vitality in the least studied region of Vanuatu and making recommendations to support communities nzlingsoc.org/journal_arti...

In their article "Signs of Deaf Ni-Vanuatu", Jacqueline Iseli and Rachel McKee describe the sociolinguistic context of deaf people in Vanuatu who have limited opportunities to socialise together, and document signs used by 19 deaf adults across the country nzlingsoc.org/journal_arti...

My article "What does lanwis mean" explores the meaning of the Bislama word for 'language' in surveys and interviews with young people in Vatlongos-speaking communities, and how their experiences with other lanwis communities inform their understanding of endangerment nzlingsoc.org/journal_arti...

"Do dominant languages affect linguistic diversity in Vanuatu?" by Marie-France Duhamel investigates language shift from smaller Vanuatu languages to several Indigenous Oceanic languages with high speaker numbers, which has received less attention than shift to Bislama nzlingsoc.org/journal_arti...

@guylavenderforsyth.bsky.social's "Language shift in Vanuatu’s 2020 census" explores shift from Vanuatu's Indigenous Oceanic languages to Bislama through census data, looking at how shift correlates with a range social factors and problematising urban/rural divides nzlingsoc.org/journal_arti...

"Linguistics in Vanuatu 45 years after Independence" by Tihomir Rangelov, Lana Takau and me tracks progress in grammatical and lexical description, other linguistic research, annotated corpora and Bible translation for Vanuatu languages using the VanBib database nzlingsoc.org/journal_arti...

Our introduction to the Special Issue on Vanuatu languages in context shows how the contributions use a range of methodologies to address language shift and endangerment, careful description of contemporary and historical language ecologies, and need for more research nzlingsoc.org/journal_arti...

We also have a general introduction in Bislama, along with Bislama summaries of each article. This is a great starting point for any ni-Vanuatu people who prefer to read in Bislama to get an idea of the breadth of what's covered across the three issues. nzlingsoc.org/journal_arti...

Our overall introduction picks up three themes that cut across the issues: some of the first published research on deaf language use in Vanuatu, storian methodologies and oral traditions, and the legacy of John Lynch and Terry Crowley, who the issues are dedicated to. nzlingsoc.org/journal_arti...