Ontong Java

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A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3
ojv
Alternate Names
Leuangiua, Lord Howe, Luaniua
Autonym
Luangiua
User Population

2,370 (1999 SIL).

Location

Malaita province: Luangiua atoll, Lord Howe island; 210 km from Santa Isabel island.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Ellicean
Dialects

Luangiua, Pelau. Reportedly similar to Sikaiana [sky], Takuu [nho], and Nukumanu [nuq] in Papua New Guinea.

Typology

VSO, SVO.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use English [eng].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1998.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ontong Java
Writing

Latin script [Latn].