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The family of Northwest Solomonic languages is a branch of the Oceanic languages. It includes the Austronesian languages of Bougainville and Buka in Papua New Guinea, and of Choiseul, New Georgia, and Santa Isabel (excluding Bugotu) in Solomon Islands.

Northwest Solomonic
Geographic
distribution
Solomon Islands
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Proto-languageProto-Northwest Solomonic
Glottolognort3225

The unity of Northwest Solomonic and the number and composition of its subgroups, along with its relationship to other Oceanic groups, was established in pioneering work by Malcolm Ross.[1]


Languages


Languages of Santa Isabel
Languages of Santa Isabel

Northwest Solomonic languages group as follows:[2]

In addition, the extinct Kazukuru language was probably one of the New Georgia languages. The unclassified extinct language Tetepare might have also been one of the New Georgia languages, if it was Austronesian at all.


Basic vocabulary


Basic vocabulary in many Northwest Solomonic languages are aberrant, and many forms do not have Proto-Oceanic cognates.[4] Below, Ririo, Zabana, and Maringe are compared with two Southeast Solomonic languages. Aberrant forms are in italics.

Englisharmearliverboneskinlouse
Proto-Oceanic*lima*taliŋa*qate*suRi*kulit*kutu
Ririokarisiŋgeltutuenpundakapatutu
Zabanakametaliŋakolahumakafugutu
Maringelimakhulikhebuknubragulitheli
Gelalimakuliatehuligui-guligutu
Arosirimakariŋarogosu-suriʔuri-ʔurikote

Notes


  1. See Ross (1988).
  2. Lynch, John; Malcolm Ross; Terry Crowley (2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1128-4. OCLC 48929366.
  3. distinct language per Bill Palmer
  4. Pawley, Andrew. Explaining the Aberrant Austronesian Languages of Southeast Melanesia: 150 Years of Debate. Journal of the Polynesian Society, The, Vol. 115, No. 3, Sept 2006: 215-258.

References



Further reading



На других языках


- [en] Northwest Solomonic languages

[it] Lingue salomoniche nord-occidentali

Le lingue salomoniche nord-occidentali costituiscono un gruppo di lingue oceaniche, parlate in una zona comprendente le province di Bougainville, Buka, Choiseul, Nuova Giorgia e Santa Isabel.[2]



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