Lengo (Solomon Islands)

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Lengo (Solomon Islands) is an Oceanic language spoken by communities in the central region of the Solomon Islands.

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Lengo (Solomon Islands) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
language
belongsTo Melanesian linguistic area NERFINISHED
continent Oceania
country Solomon Islands
ethnolinguisticGroup Lengo people NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution central region of Solomon Islands
hasAlternativeName Lengo NERFINISHED
Lengo (Guadalcanal) NERFINISHED
Lengo language NERFINISHED
hasDomain oral tradition
vernacular communication
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable (approximate)
hasGlottocode leng1264
hasGlottologName Lengo
hasISO639-3Code lgr
hasMorphology predominantly analytic morphology
hasPhonology typical Oceanic consonant and vowel inventory
hasTypology SVO word order
hasUsage home and village domains
isSpokenBy several thousand speakers (approximate)
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
Southeast Solomonic languages NERFINISHED
macroArea Papunesia NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguage Birao language (Solomon Islands) NERFINISHED
Gela language (Solomon Islands) NERFINISHED
Ghari language NERFINISHED
Malango language NERFINISHED
Talise language NERFINISHED
overlainBy English (official language of Solomon Islands)
Solomon Islands Pijin NERFINISHED
partOf Southeast Solomonic subgroup NERFINISHED
region central Solomon Islands
relatedTo other Southeast Solomonic languages
spokenIn Central Province, Solomon Islands NERFINISHED
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands NERFINISHED
Solomon Islands NERFINISHED
status local language of Solomon Islands
minority language
subclassOf Central-Eastern Oceanic language
Malayo-Polynesian language
usedIn local community communication
traditional cultural practices
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Lengo language hasAlternativeName Lengo (Solomon Islands)