Dorig (Vanuatu)

Dorig (IPA: [ⁿdʊˈriɣ]) is a village located on the south coast of Gaua, in the Banks Islands of Vanuatu.

The village of Dorig, south of Gaua island.

Its population counts approximately 250 individuals. Their language is also called Dorig.[1]

Name

The name Dorig, spelled Dōrig, is derived from the name of the village where it is spoken. The term is related to Dōlav (the Dorig name of a village that is called in Lakon as Jōlap [t͡ʃʊˈlap]), with the -rig and -lav parts meaning "small" and "big" respectively. The element dō is probably related to Mota nua "cliff"; hence one possible Proto-Torres-Banks form is *ⁿduariɣi "small cliff".

Notes
  1. List of Banks islands languages, showing the range of Dorig language.


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