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A Grammar of the Hoava Language, Western Solomons
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

~2,360

Domains of Use

No data

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No data

Transmission

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More about speakers

Though other sources list the number of speakers as less than 500, Davis (who is the only source with prolonged individual contact with Hoava speakers) reports numbers that are much higher. Davis includes speakers of the Kusaghe dialect, considered by some to be a seperate language. However, even if one removes Kusaghe from the calculations, Davis lists 1,230 Kusaghe speakers, which leaves over 1,100 speakers of the Hoava dialect.

Year of info

2003

Location and Context

Countries

Solomon Islands

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Location description

Spoken along the north coast of New Georgia island. There are also communities of speakers in the regional capital, Gizo

Government support

None

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Spoken along the north coast of New Georgia island. There are also communities of speakers in the regional capital, Gizo

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

Solomon Islands Pijin, Roviana, Marovo, English

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Native Speakers Worldwide

600

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-8.1883,157.6036

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Non-monolingual speakers

all

More about speakers

In 1981, 600 speakers were reported.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Solomon Islands

Coordinates

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Location description

North Marovo lagoon, on the central northern coast of the main New Georgia Island.

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North Marovo lagoon, on the central northern coast of the main New Georgia Island.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Roviana

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

460

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Solomon Islands;

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-8.08333333333,157.5

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Native Speakers Worldwide

459

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