Lovono

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A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3
vnk
Alternate Names
Alavana, Alavano, Lavana, Vanikolo, Vanikoro, Vano
User Population

4 (2012 A. François). Old people remember a few words (Wurm 2007). Ethnic population: 120 (Wurm 2007).

Location

Temotu province: Vanikolo island, Lale and Lavaka villages.

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Temotu, Utupua-Vanikoro
Typology

SVO.

Language Use

Shifted to Pijin [pis]. Shifted to Teanu [tkw].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Lovono