lingvo.wikisort.org - LanguageThe 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.
Languages of the Solomon Islands
Southeast Solomonic |
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Geographic distribution | Solomon Islands |
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Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
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Proto-language | Proto-Southeast Solomonic |
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Subdivisions |
- Gela–Guadalcanal
- Malaita – San Cristobal
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Glottolog | sout2853 |
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Languages
According to Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002), the structure of the family is as follows:[2]
- Bugotu–Gela–Guadalcanal family
- Bughotu (Bugotu)
- Gela–Guadalcanal family
- Longgu–Malaita–Makira family
- Longgu
- Malaita–Makira family
- Sa'a
- Makira (San Cristobal): Arosi, Fagani, Bauro, Kahua–Owa, ?Marau Wawa
- Malaita
- Central–North Malaita: North (To'abaita, Baelelea, Baeggu, Fataleka), Lau, Kwara'ae, Wala, Gula'alaa, Kwaio, Dori'o
- Southern Malaita: 'Are'are, Marau, Oroha
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.
English | arm | ear | liver | bone | skin | louse |
Proto-Oceanic | *lima | *taliŋa | *qate | *suRi | *kulit | *kutu |
Ririo | karisi | ŋgel | tutuen | punda | kapat | utu |
Zabana | kame | taliŋa | kola | huma | kafu | gutu |
Maringe | lima | khuli | khebu | knubra | guli | theli |
Gela | lima | kuli | ate | huli | gui-guli | gutu |
Arosi | rima | kariŋa | rogo | su-suri | ʔuri-ʔuri | kote |
References
- Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & Terry Crowley. 2002. The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press.
- Lynch, John; Malcolm Ross; Terry Crowley (2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1128-4. OCLC 48929366.
- 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
- Tryon, Darrell T. and B. D. Hackman. 1983. Solomon Islands Languages: An Internal Classification. (Pacific Linguistics: Series C, 72.) Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
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- * indicates proposed status
- ? indicates classification dispute
- † indicates extinct status
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