Rubiana

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Rubiana is an alternative name for Roviana, a language and cultural region of the Solomon Islands in the western Pacific.

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Rubiana canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
language
alternativeNameOf Roviana NERFINISHED
associatedWith New Georgia Islands NERFINISHED
Roviana Lagoon NERFINISHED
climate tropical rainforest climate
colonialHistory area of British colonial influence
country Solomon Islands
endangeredStatus vulnerable
governedAs part of Western Province administration
hasAlternateName Rubiana language NERFINISHED
Ruviana NERFINISHED
hasArtForm shell ornament production
wood carving
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasCulturalPractice canoe-building traditions
lagoon-based fishing
shell money production
hasCulturalRegionType coastal and lagoon communities
hasEconomicActivity artisanal fishing
small-scale cash cropping
subsistence agriculture
hasLanguageCodeISO639-3 rug
hasMorphologicalType moderately agglutinative
hasMusicTradition panpipe ensembles
traditional slit-drum rhythms
hasOralTradition narrative legends and clan histories
hasPhonologicalFeature typical Oceanic consonant and vowel inventory
hasReligionTraditions Christianity NERFINISHED
indigenous beliefs
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
languageBranch Northwest Solomonic languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSubfamily Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn western Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguages Ghanongga NERFINISHED
Hoava NERFINISHED
Marovo NERFINISHED
Vangunu NERFINISHED
partOf Melanesia NERFINISHED
regionType lagoon region
spokenIn Solomon Islands NERFINISHED
spokenInRegion Western Province, Solomon Islands NERFINISHED
timeZone UTC+11
transport primarily by canoe and small boats
usedAs lingua franca in parts of Western Province
usedByEthnicGroup Roviana people NERFINISHED
usedInEducation local primary education and literacy materials

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