Merig
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Merig is a small island located Script error: No such module "convert". east of Gaua, in the Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu.
The island is about Script error: No such module "convert". wide, and has a circumference of Script error: No such module "convert"..
Name
The name Merig Script error: No such module "IPA". comes from the Mota language. It comes from a Proto-Torres-Banks form *mʷera riɣi "the small boy" via haplology to *mʷeriɣi. It contrasts with Merelava, from *mʷera-i laβa "the big boy". The native term in Mwerlap is N̄wërig Script error: No such module "IPA"., from the same etymon.
History
The first recorded sighting of Merig Island by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Pedro Fernández de Quirós on 25 April 1606.[1] It was then named Île Sainte Claire.[2]
Population
As of 2009, Merig was only inhabited by three households, consisting of 12 individuals.[3] Merig was not listed in Vanuatu's 2020 census.[4]
The inhabitants of Merig speak Mwerlap,[5] the language of the neighbouring island Merelava.
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