Roviana
A language of Solomon Islands
| Population | 9,870 (1999 SIL). |
| Region | Western Province, north central New Georgia, Roviana Lagoon, Vonavona Lagoon. |
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Solomon Islands |
| Alternate names | Robiana, Rubiana, Ruviana |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, New Georgia, West |
| Language use | Y. Trade language in Western Province and as far north as Buka and Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. Being supplanted as lingua franca by Pijin [pis] in Western Province; now used as L2 mainly by those over 30 years old. 16,000 L2 users (1987 UBS). |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. NT: 1953–1995. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | VSO. |
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