Ethnologue.com home

Ethnologue: Languages of the World
16th edition

Ethnologue: Languages of the World
US$ 100.00
Add to cart

Preview print edition


Most Recent
SIL Publications


Reduced Price SIL Publications


ABOUT SSL CERTIFICATES
Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Solomon Islands > Mono

Mono

A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3mte

Population  3,340 (1999 SIL). 657 Mono, 2,266 Alu, 14 Fauro.
Region  Treasury Island (Mono), Shortland Island (Alu, Alo), Fauro Island (Fauro).
Language map  Solomon Islands
Alternate names   Alu, Mono-Alu
Dialects  Mono, Alu (Alo), Fauro.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Mono-Uruava
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%.