Choiseul languages

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The Choiseul languages are a group of closely related Oceanic languages spoken by indigenous communities on Choiseul Island in the Solomon Islands.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Choiseul languages canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oceanic languages
language group
areClassifiedBy comparative-historical linguistics
areEndangered true
areMutuallyIntelligibleToSomeDegree true
arePrimarilyOral true
areSpokenByEthnicGroups Choiseul Islander communities
areUsedIn local community communication
traditional cultural practices
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Northwest Solomonic
Oceanic
hasMember Babatana language
Kusaghe language
Ririo language
linked to: Mariri language

Simbari-Koluvai language
Tsupun language
Vaghena language
hasRegion Western Province, Solomon Islands
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
haveContactWith English language
Solomon Islands Pijin
haveISO639Code none (group level)
locatedInTimeZone UTC+11
partOf Austronesian languages
spokenBy indigenous communities of Choiseul Island
spokenIn Choiseul Island
Solomon Islands
subclassOf Central-Eastern Oceanic languages
Northwest Solomonic languages

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Choiseul Region hasIndigenousLanguageGroup Choiseul languages
subject linked to: Choiseul region