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The family of Southeast Solomonic languages forms a branch of the Oceanic languages. It consists of some 26 languages covering the South East Solomon Islands, from the tip of Santa Isabel to Makira. The fact that there is little diversity amongst these languages, compared to groups of similar size in Melanesia, suggests that they dispersed in the relatively recent past.[1] Bugotu and Gela are two of the most conservative languages.

Southeast Solomonic
Geographic
distribution
Solomon Islands
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Proto-languageProto-Southeast Solomonic
Subdivisions
  • Gela–Guadalcanal
  • Malaita – San Cristobal
Glottologsout2853
  Southeast Solomons

Languages


According to Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002), the structure of the family is as follows:[2]


Basic vocabulary


Basic vocabulary in many Southeast Solomonic languages is somewhat conservative, unlike Northwest Solomonic forms which have no Proto-Oceanic cognates.[3] Below, Gela and Arosi are compared with three Northwest Solomonic languages. Aberrant forms are in italics.

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

References


  1. Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & Terry Crowley. 2002. The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press.
  2. Lynch, John; Malcolm Ross; Terry Crowley (2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1128-4. OCLC 48929366.
  3. 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.

Further reading





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