Papuan languages of the Solomon Islands

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Papuan languages language group

The Papuan languages of the Solomon Islands are a small group of non-Austronesian languages spoken in the Solomon Islands, distinct from the region’s dominant Oceanic languages and representing some of its oldest linguistic layers.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Central Solomon languages (broad areal grouping)	1
Central Solomon languages (often classified)	1
Languages of the Solomon Islands	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Papuan languages ⓘ language group ⓘ
areEndangeredIn	Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
areMinorityLanguagesIn	Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
consideredPartOf	Northwest Solomonic Papuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomons Papuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
contactWith	Oceanic languages of the Solomon Islands ⓘ
distinctFrom	Austronesian languages ⓘ Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
geneticClassificationStatus	uncertain ⓘ
hasLinguisticStratum	older linguistic layer of the Solomon Islands region ⓘ
hasMember	Bilua language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lavukaleve language NERFINISHED ⓘ Savosavo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Touo language ⓘ
hasTypologicalFeature	complex verbal morphology ⓘ relatively small speaker populations per language ⓘ rich consonant inventories ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin script (for some languages, in limited use) ⓘ
influencedBy	Oceanic languages of the Solomon Islands ⓘ
influenceOn	local Oceanic languages of the Solomon Islands ⓘ
languageFamilyProposal	Central Solomons family NERFINISHED ⓘ East Papuan hypothesis NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageShiftTowards	English NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomon Islands Pijin NERFINISHED ⓘ local Oceanic vernaculars ⓘ
locatedIn	Melanesia ⓘ Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse	oral communication ⓘ
relevantFor	reconstruction of pre-Austronesian settlement in the Solomon Islands ⓘ study of language contact in Melanesia ⓘ
spokenBy	indigenous communities of the Solomon Islands ⓘ
spokenIn	Central Province, Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ New Georgia Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Nggela Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Rendova Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Vangunu Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Province, Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn	historical linguistics of the Pacific ⓘ
subclassOf	languages of the Solomon Islands ⓘ non-Austronesian languages ⓘ
timeDepth	among the oldest attested linguistic layers in the Solomon Islands region ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Talise → hasCategory → Papuan languages of the Solomon Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Languages of the Solomon Islands

Bilua language → isPartOf → Papuan languages of the Solomon Islands ⓘ

Gela → isPartOf → Papuan languages of the Solomon Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Solomon languages (often classified)

Lau (Malaita) → isPartOf → Papuan languages of the Solomon Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Solomon languages (broad areal grouping)