Bughotu

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A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3
bgt
Alternate Names
Bugota, Bugoto, Bugotu, Mahaga, Mbughotu
User Population

4,050 (1999 SIL).

Location

Isabel province: Santa Isabel island, southeast end from Suma to Horara; Furona island off Kia district northwest coast.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Gela-Guadalcanal, Bughotu
Dialects

Hageulu, Vulava. Reportedly similar to Gela [nlg] and Gao [gga]. Related to vernaculars on Guadalcanal.

Language Use

Home, village, church. Used by all. Also use Gao [gga]. Also use Pijin [pis], with other Santa Isabel speakers who do not speak Bughotu. Used as L2 by Cheke Holo [mrn], Gao [gga].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1914–2009.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bughotu
Writing

Latin script [Latn].