Savosavo language
| Savosavo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Solomon Islands |
| Region | Savo Island, north of Guadalcanal, Central Solomons. |
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Native speakers
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2,400 (1999) |
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Central Solomons
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | savo1255 |
The Savosavo language is spoken on Savo, a small volcanic island north of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Savosavo is one of the Central Solomon Papuan languages, unlike most of the languages in the vicinity, which are members of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family. The nearest Papuan language to Savosavo is Lavukaleve.
The Savosavo language has 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and 17 consonants (b, d, g, gh, j, k, l, m, n, gn, ng, p, r, s, t, v, z). This is the Anglican orthography. In the Catholic orthography G is written Q and Gh is written G. In other orthographies Gn is written Ñ and Ng is written N̄.
Coordinates: 9°08′S 159°49′E / 9.13°S 159.81°E
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