[2] Vurës was described by linguist Catriona Malau, in the form of a grammar[2] and a dictionary.

Cognates in other Torres-Banks languages include Mwotlap Vuyes [βuˈjɛs] and Mwesen Vures [βuˈrɛs].

These come from a reconstructed Proto-Torres–Banks form *βureas(i,u), with an unknown final high vowel.

[4] However, studies have shown that Mwesen and Vurës have various dissimilarities, e.g. in their vowel systems,[5] in their noun articles,[6] in their pronoun paradigms[7][8] — enough to be considered clearly distinct.

These are all short monophthongs /i e ɛ a œ ø y ɔ o/:[10][11] La masawre i no no gö mörös nana qan̄ris o qiat, nana qēs o ralēt, qēs lēt lēt qēt, na van me, na sēs o um.