Hoava

E150618

Hoava is an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands, belonging to the Meso-Melanesian branch of the Austronesian language family.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hoava canonical 4
Hanunó'o 1
Hoava (New Georgia) 1

Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
language
continent Oceania
country Solomon Islands
endangeredStatus vulnerable
geographicDistribution New Georgia Islands
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Proto-Oceanic language
surface form: Proto-Oceanic
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported for related languages; details may vary)
ISO639-3Code hoa
languageBranch Oceanic
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
languageFamilyBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages
surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
languageStatus minority language
languageSubbranch Meso-Melanesian languages
surface form: Meso-Melanesian
morphologyType analytic
neighboringLanguage Marovo
Roviana
Vangunu
partOf Northwest Solomonic languages
region Western Province of Solomon Islands
surface form: Western Province, Solomon Islands
spokenBy Hoava people
spokenIn Solomon Islands
subclassOf Meso-Melanesian language
typology SVO word order
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Subject: Hoava
Description of subject: Hoava is an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands, belonging to the Meso-Melanesian branch of the Austronesian language family.

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hoava language hasAlternateName Hoava
this entity surface form: Hoava (New Georgia)
Philippine Austronesian languages hasMember Hoava
this entity surface form: Hanunó'o