Northwest Solomonic languages

Northwest Solomonic languages
Northwest Solomonic
Geographic
distribution:
Solomon Islands
Linguistic classification: Austronesian
Subdivisions:

The family of Northwest Solomonic languages is a branch of the Oceanic languages. It includes the Austronesian languages of Bougainville and Buka in Papua New Guinea, and of Choiseul, New Georgia, and Santa Isabel (excluding Bugotu) in the Solomon Islands.

The unity of Northwest Solomonic and the number and composition of its subgroups, along with its relationship to other Oceanic groups, was established in pioneering work by Malcolm Ross.[1]

Components

Northwest Solomonic consists of six subgroups:

A 2008 statistical lexical analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database[2] proposed a smaller Northwest Solomonic grouping consisting only of Choiseul, Isabel and New Georgia. This study, which has yet to be widely accepted, gives a 90% probability that the Choiseul and New Georgia languages form a group on their own, with the Santa Isabel languages being the most divergent. Conversely, Ross (1988) presents lexical and grammatical evidence linking the Isabel and New Georgia languages. The database study also suggested the unity of the Nehan–Bougainville languages (Piva–Bannoni and Nehan–North Bougainville) as a separate branche, and that the Mono–Uruavan languages may be in the Patpatar–Tolai branch.

Notes

References



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic languages — The family of South New Ireland Northwest Solomonic languages is a subgroup of the New Ireland languages. It consists of about 48 languages. They are largely spoken on the island of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea and in the northern Solomon… …   Wikipedia

  • Meso-Melanesian languages — Meso Melanesian Geographic distribution: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands Linguistic classification: Austronesian Malayo Polynesian Oceanic Meso Me …   Wikipedia

  • New Georgia languages — New Georgia Geographic distribution: Solomon Islands Linguistic classification: Austronesian Malayo Polynesian Oceanic Northwest Solomonic …   Wikipedia

  • Choiseul languages — Choiseul Geographic distribution: Choiseul Province Linguistic classification: Austronesian Malayo Polynesian Oceanic Northwest Solomonic …   Wikipedia

  • Santa Isabel languages — The family of Santa Isabel languages is a subgroup of the South New Ireland Northwest Solomonic languages, consisting of seven languages.Components*Central Santa Isabel languages **Blablanga **Zazao **Kokota *East Santa Isabel languages **Cheke… …   Wikipedia

  • Nehan-North Bougainville languages — The family of Nehan North Bougainville languages is a subgroup of the South New Ireland Northwest Solomonic languages. It consists of ten languages. They are largely spoken on the island of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea.Components*Buka… …   Wikipedia

  • Patpatar-Tolai languages — The family of Patpatar Tolai languages is a subgroup of the South New Ireland Northwest Solomonic languages. It consists of ten languages. They are largely spoken on the island of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea.Components*Patpatar *Guramalum… …   Wikipedia

  • Piva-Banoni languages — The family of Patpatar Tolai languages is a subgroup of the South New Ireland Northwest Solomonic languages. It consists of two languages, Piva and Banoni …   Wikipedia

  • Semitic languages — Infobox Language family name=Semitic region=Middle East, North Africa, Northeast Africa and Malta familycolor=Afro Asiatic child1=East Semitic (extinct) child2=West Semitic child3=South Semitic iso2=semThe Semitic languages are a language family… …   Wikipedia

  • New Ireland languages — New Ireland (reduced) Geographic distribution: New Ireland Linguistic classification: Austronesian Malayo Polynesian Oceanic …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”