Choiseul languages

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The Choiseul languages are a group of closely related Oceanic languages spoken by indigenous communities on Choiseul Island in the Solomon Islands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Oceanic languages
language group
areClassifiedBy comparative-historical linguistics
areEndangered true
areMutuallyIntelligibleToSomeDegree true
arePrimarilyOral true
areSpokenByEthnicGroups Choiseul Islander communities
areUsedIn local community communication
traditional cultural practices
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian NERFINISHED
Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED
Northwest Solomonic NERFINISHED
Oceanic
hasMember Babatana language
Kusaghe language NERFINISHED
Ririo language NERFINISHED
Simbari-Koluvai language NERFINISHED
Tsupun language NERFINISHED
Vaghena language
hasRegion Western Province, Solomon Islands NERFINISHED
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
haveContactWith English language
Solomon Islands Pijin NERFINISHED
haveISO639Code none (group level)
locatedInTimeZone UTC+11
partOf Austronesian languages NERFINISHED
spokenBy indigenous communities of Choiseul Island
spokenIn Choiseul Island NERFINISHED
Solomon Islands NERFINISHED
subclassOf Central-Eastern Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
Northwest Solomonic languages NERFINISHED

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Choiseul region hasIndigenousLanguageGroup Choiseul languages
subject surface form: Choiseul Region