Longgu language

E157641

The Longgu language is an Oceanic language spoken by communities in the Solomon Islands, belonging to the Southeast Solomonic branch of the Austronesian language family.

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Label Occurrences
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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
Southeast Solomonic language
natural language
belongsTo Central-Eastern Oceanic subgroup (in some classifications)
branch Southeast Solomonic languages
surface form: Southeast Solomonic
country Solomon Islands
ethnicity Longgu people
glottocode long1384
glottologName Longgu
hasAlternativeName Guadalcanal
surface form: Longgu (Guadalcanal)

Longu
hasConsonantInventoryType moderate
hasDomain everyday communication
oral literature
traditional narratives
hasFeature inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
phonemic vowel length (reported variably)
possessive classifiers
prepositions
verb-initial tendencies
hasISO639-3Code lgu
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
hasResearchFocus information structure
morphology
pragmatics
semantics
syntax
hasStatus local language
minority language in Solomon Islands
hasTypologicalArea Papuan Tip and North New Guinea contact area
surface form: Papuan Tip–Solomonic area
hasVowelInventoryType five-vowel system
isPartOf Southeast Solomonic languages
surface form: Southeast Solomonic subgroup
isRelatedTo Gela language
Kwaio language
Gela language
surface form: Kwaio–Gela languages
isStudiedIn Austronesian linguistics
Oceanic Linguistics
surface form: Oceanic linguistics
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageFamilyHigher Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
primaryLanguageOf Longgu communities of Guadalcanal
region Melanesia
spokenIn Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
subfamily Oceanic languages
wordOrder SVO
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Southeast Solomonic languages hasMember Longgu language