Group of Oceanic languages of the eastern Solomon Islands
Temotu
Geographic distribution
Solomon Islands
Linguistic classification
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Temotu
Proto-language
Proto-Temotu
Subdivisions
Reefs–Santa Cruz
Utupua
Vanikoro
Glottolog
temo1244
Temotu
The Temotu languages, named after Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands, are a branch of Oceanic languages proposed in Ross & Næss (2007) to unify the Reefs – Santa Cruz languages with Utupua and Vanikoro, each a group of three related languages.
Utupua and Vanikoro were formerly classified together as the Utupua–Vanikoro languages or Eastern Outer Islands languages (see Proto-Temotu language § Descendants).
The Temotulanguages, named after Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands, are a branch of Oceanic languages proposed in Ross & Næss (2007) to unify the...
Oceanic linkage North New Guinea linkage Papuan Tip languagesTemotulanguages Southeast Solomonic languages Southern Oceanic linkage North Vanuatu linkage...
village on Marakei, Kiribati Temotulanguages This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Temotu. If an internal link led you here...
given its name to the Temotulanguages, a putative linguistic subgroup within the broader Oceanic family of languages. The languages spoken in the province...
Temotu subgroup of the Oceanic family, itself part of the Austronesian phylum. With only about 10 speakers, Asumbuo is a highly endangered language....
the Temotulanguages and the Northwest Solomonic languages of the western Solomon Islands, Geraghty (2017) notes that many Southern Oceanic languages are...
Teanu, the main language of Vanikoro. The late Emele Mamuli was a prolific storyteller who could speak fluently the three languages of Vanikoro: Teanu...
Vanikoro (languages, place names). François (2009). See also François (2022) for a general presentation. François, Alexandre (2009), "The languages of Vanikoro:...
century it became the main language of the whole island group of Vanikoro, at the expense of the two other indigenous languages Lovono and Tanema. While...
nearly-extinct language spoken on the island of Utupua, in the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands. Tryon, Darrell (1994). "Language contact and...
Nagu, is one of two Reefs – Santa Cruz languages spoken on Nendö Island (the other is Santa Cruz). The language used to be known by outsiders as Nanggu...
the rest of the Reefs – Santa Cruz languages, however, it has been shown to be a member of the Austronesian language family. Dialects are Bënwë (Banua)...
Santa Cruz Islands are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of Temotu Province of the nation of Solomon Islands. They lie approximately 250 miles...
neighbouring languages of Vanikoro are also heavily relexified Austronesian languages. An indigenous sign language, Rennellese Sign Language, has gone extinct...
official Austronesian languages). By the number of languages they include, Austronesian and Niger–Congo are the two largest language families in the world...
of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Indonesian vocabulary has been influenced by various regional languages (such as Javanese, Sundanese...
the Oceanic languages: Admiralties; Yapese; St Matthias; Western Oceanic; Temotu; Southeast Solomons; Southern Oceanic; plus, the languages of Fiji, i...
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The family of Southeast Solomonic languages forms a branch of the Oceanic languages. It consists of some 26 languages covering the Eastern Solomon Islands...
Franjieh, Michael; Schnell, Stefan (eds.), The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity, Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia, Canberra: Asia Pacific...
The Malakula languages are a group of Central Vanuatu languages spoken on Malakula Island in central Vanuatu. Unlike some earlier classifications, linguist...
Malay or the colonial languages with indigenous languages, such as Tok Pisin, Bislama, Pijin, various Malay trade and creole languages, Samoan Plantation...