Blablanga language

E164391

The Blablanga language is an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands, belonging to the Northwest Solomonic subgroup of the Austronesian language family.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Blablanga language canonical 1
Langalanga language 1
Maringe Lagoon language 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
language
alternateName Blablanga
Blanga
Gao–Blanga (when grouped with Gao)
classificationReference Glottolog
continent Oceania
country Solomon Islands
domainOfUse home and community
traditional cultural practices
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnolinguisticGroup Blanga people
family Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian language family
glottocode blab1242
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Solomonic languages
surface form: Proto-Northwest Solomonic

Proto-Oceanic language
surface form: Proto-Oceanic
hasDialects dialectal variation by village
iso639-3Code blp
languageBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages
surface form: Malayo-Polynesian

Northwest Solomonic languages
surface form: Northwest Solomonic

Oceanic
lexifierFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
linguisticArea Northwest Solomonic languages
surface form: Northwest Solomons linguistic area
macroArea Papunesia
neighboringLanguage Cheke Holo language
Gao language
Zabana language
region Solomon Islands
surface form: Northwestern Solomon Islands
riskFactor shift of younger speakers to Pijin
spokenIn Isabel Province
Solomon Islands
status minority language
subfamily Oceanic
subgroupOf Northwest Solomonic languages
typologicalFeature SVO word order (subject–verb–object)
prepositional language
uses subject markers on verbs
usedAlongside English (official language of Solomon Islands)
Solomon Islands Pijin
usedFor daily communication in local communities
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

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

Northwest Solomonic languages hasMember Blablanga language
New Georgia languages hasMember Blablanga language
this entity surface form: Ranongga language
Cheke Holo alternateName Blablanga language
this entity surface form: Maringe Lagoon language
Malaita languages hasMember Blablanga language
this entity surface form: Langalanga language