Ontong Java
A language of Solomon Islands
| Population | 2,370 (1999 SIL). |
| Region | Luangiua Atoll (Lord Howe Island), 210 km from Santa Isabel Island. |
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Solomon Islands |
| Alternate names | Leuangiua, Lord Howe, Luangiua, Luaniua |
| Dialects | Luangiua, Pelau. Similar to Sikaiana [sky], Takuu [nho], and Nukumanu [nuq] in Papua New Guinea. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Ellicean |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50% literate. Grammar. NT: 1998. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | VSO, SVO. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
GENTRY, Pamela, author. 1996. "Moving in unison: Vernacular literacy for women on Ontong Java."
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