Savosavo language
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| Savosavo | |
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| Native to | Solomon Islands |
| Region | Savo Island, north of Guadalcanal, Central Solomons. |
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Native speakers
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unknown (2,400 cited 1999)[1] |
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Central Solomons
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | svs |
| Glottolog | savo1255[2] |
The Savosavo language is spoken on Savo, a small volcanic island north of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Savosavo is one of the Central Solomon Papuan languages, unlike most of the languages in the vicinity, which are members of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family. The nearest Papuan language to Savosavo is Lavukaleve.
Sources
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- Wegener, Claudia. 2008. A grammar of Savosavo, a Papuan language of the Solomon Islands. PhD dissertation, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen.
- Wegener, Claudia. 2012. A grammar of Savosavo. Berlin: de Gruyter.
References
- ↑ Savosavo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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