Hoava language

E153542

The Hoava language is an Oceanic language spoken by communities in the western Solomon Islands, particularly on New Georgia Island.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hoava language canonical 6
Hula language 2

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
natural language
continent Oceania
country Solomon Islands
glottologName Hoava
hasAlternateName Hoava
Hoava
surface form: Hoava (New Georgia)
hasGlottocode hoav1237
hasLinguisticArea Northwest Solomonic languages
surface form: Northwest Solomons linguistic area
hasMorphologyType predominantly analytic
hasNeighbouringLanguage Marovo language
Roviana language
Vangunu language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported in descriptions)
simple consonant inventory typical of Oceanic languages
hasTypology SVO word order
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable (regional minority language)
ISO639-3Code hoa
isPartOf New Georgia languages
isSpokenBy Hoava people
languageBranch Oceanic languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageGroup Northwest Solomonic languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
region western Solomon Islands
spokenIn Solomon Islands
Western Province of Solomon Islands
surface form: Western Province, Solomon Islands
spokenOn New Georgia Islands
surface form: New Georgia Island
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (8)

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

New Georgia languages hasMember Hoava language
Vella Lavella language isRelatedTo Hoava language
Roviana language closelyRelatedTo Hoava language
Papuan Tip linkage hasLanguage Hoava language
this entity surface form: Hula language
Motu language closelyRelatedTo Hoava language
this entity surface form: Hula language
New Georgia hasLanguage Hoava language