Solomonic languages

E634896

language subgroup

Solomonic languages are a subgroup of Oceanic languages spoken primarily in the Solomon Islands, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical features distinct within the broader Austronesian family.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Proto-Northwest Solomonic	1
Solomonic languages area	1

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	language subgroup ⓘ
areCharacterizedBy	lexical innovations shared across Solomon Islands languages ⓘ sound changes distinct from other Oceanic subgroups ⓘ
areDistinguishedFrom	Papuan languages of the Solomon Islands ⓘ
areDocumentedIn	descriptive grammars of individual Solomon Islands languages ⓘ
areEndangeredInPart	some smaller island communities ⓘ
arePartOf	Melanesian linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ
areRelatedTo	Meso-Melanesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Solomonic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Solomonic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
areSpokenBy	Solomon Islanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
areSpokenNear	Bismarck Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ
areStudiedIn	Austronesian linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Central Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	innovations distinct within Austronesian ⓘ shared grammatical features ⓘ shared phonological features ⓘ
haveGrammaticalTrait	complex pronominal systems typical of Oceanic ⓘ use of prepositions rather than case marking ⓘ verb–subject–object basic word order in many member languages ⓘ
havePhonologicalTrait	reduced consonant inventories compared to Proto-Austronesian ⓘ simplified vowel systems in some member languages ⓘ
haveStatus	mostly minority languages ⓘ
languageBranch	Oceanic NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ surface form: Austronesian
partOf	Central-Eastern Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
shareOriginWith	Proto-Oceanic language NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Melanesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	Austronesian languages ⓘ Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Malaita–San Cristobal languages → arealGroup → Solomonic languages ⓘ

Arosi language → isPartOf → Solomonic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solomonic languages area

Blablanga language → hasAncestor → Solomonic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proto-Northwest Solomonic