Cheke Holo language

E586713

Cheke Holo is an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands, particularly on Santa Isabel Island, and is known for its rich Austronesian linguistic features.

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Label Occurrences
Cheke Holo language canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
natural language
belongsToMacroArea Papunesia
continent Oceania
country Solomon Islands
glottologCode chek1238
glottologName Cheke Holo
hasAlternativeName Cheke Holo
Maringe
Maringe language
hasLinguisticFeature Austronesian alignment features
complex pronominal system
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
phonemic vowel length
possessive constructions typical of Oceanic languages
prepositional phrase marking typical of Oceanic languages
rich verbal morphology
serial verb constructions
simple consonant inventory typical of Oceanic languages
hasMorphologicalType analytic
mildly agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between short and long vowels
simple syllable structure
hasSociolinguisticContext coexists with English in the Solomon Islands
coexists with Solomon Islands Pijin
hasSociolinguisticStatus local community language
hasWordOrder SVO-dominant
iso639-3Code mrn
languageBranch Oceanic languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageGroup New Georgia – Ysabel languages
languageSubbranch Northwest Solomonic languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
locatedInLanguageArea Northwest Solomon Islands
neighboringLanguage Blablanga language
Gao language
Zabana language
partOf Northwest Solomonic linguistic area
region Santa Isabel Province
spokenBy Cheke Holo people
spokenIn Solomon Islands
spokenOn Santa Isabel Island
usedFor everyday communication
local religious activities
traditional oral narratives
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Bugotu language hasNeighboringLanguage Cheke Holo language