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A grammar of Savosavo, A Papuan language of the Solomon Islands
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,500

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

~2,500

Non-monolingual speakers

Nearly the entire community can also speak Solomon Islands Pijin. Only very young children might not speak it.

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

Solomon Islands

Coordinates

-9.1316, 159.8124

Location description

Savosavo is spoken on Savo island, a small volcanic island with a diameter of about 6 km, about 35 km north-west of the capital Honiara.

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Savosavo is spoken on Savo island, a small volcanic island with a diameter of about 6 km, about 35 km north-west of the capital Honiara.

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

Solomon Islands Pijin

Domains of other languages

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Almost everyone on Savo is fluent in Solomon Islands Pijin. Pijin and English are the only languages used in school. Children usually acquire Pijin only slightly later than Savosavo.

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,147

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Child speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

-9.1292,159.8071

Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Speaker Number Trends

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

In 1976, 1,147 speakers were reported. Today there are considerably less.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Savo Island, Solomon Islands

Coordinates

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Location description

North of northwestern Guadalcanal Island

Government support

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Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

North of northwestern Guadalcanal Island

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Solomon Pijin, English

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,800-3,000

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Non-monolingual speakers

2800-3000

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Year of info

Location and Context

Countries

Savo Island, Solomon Islands

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Location description

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Government support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

Solomon Islands Pijin

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

All speakers are bilingual and speak one or more of the neighbouring Austronesian languages, but it is very rare for a native speaker of another language to learn how to speak Savosavo.

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,420

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (1999).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Solomon Islands;

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,420

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2017

Location and Context

Countries

Solomon Islands

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Savo Island

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Savo Island

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

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More on context

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

-9.13333333333,159.8

Location description

No data

Government support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,415

Domains of Use

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