The documentation index for each of the languages of Vanuatu was determined by assigning a score out of five for four features: a dictionary; a grammar; a collection of texts; a media corpus. While this is a rough guide, it is does suggest where work remains to be done. Locations on this map should only be viewed at a high level, as indicative of the location of speakers of the language and not zoomed to any level of detail. The material reported on here was collated by a group of linguists working on Vanuatu languages.
Thanks to Alex François for help in getting this material together.Note that Bislama, French and English are not included even though they are languages of Vanuatu. The present maps are testing two implementations, the first is a dynamic map that can be edited and is best viewed in google earth to get all the colour and size correlations of the documentation index (and can be better viewed here), and the second is a static map with a sidebar of labels. The first map also includes a link to texts for Araki, Mota, Mwotlap, South Efate and Nahavaq.
There are 21 categories of documentation ranging from zero (nothing known about the language) through to 20 (comparatively well-documented).
This map is currently (April 2013) under development.