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Ni-Vanuatu is a demonym used to refer to all Melanesian ethnicities originating in Vanuatu. It also refers, more generally, to nationals and citizens of Vanuatu, whatever their ethnicity.〔("Ni-Vanuatu arrested NZ" ), Radio Vanuatu, March 10, 2009〕〔("Des Ni-Vanuatu en final des Masters" ), Agence universitaire francophone, July 31, 2008〕 This recent coinage builds on the particle ''ni'', which in some indigenous languages encodes the genitive, similar to the English ‘of’. Thus ''Ni-Vanuatu'' literally means ‘of Vanuatu’. The term is mostly used in English and French, and is hardly used in Bislama, the country’s lingua franca,〔Bislama uses more commonly such phrases as ''man Vanuatu'' (“V. person” or “V. people”) or ''blong Vanuatu'' (“from V.”).〕 let alone in the indigenous languages of the archipelago. NiVan is a commonly used abbreviation of ''Ni-Vanuatu''. ==See also== *Kanak people 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ni-Vanuatu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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