Touo language
| Touo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Solomon Islands |
| Region | South Rendova Island, Western Province. |
Native speakers | (1,900 cited 1999 census)[1] |
Central Solomons
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tqu |
| Glottolog | touo1238 |
| ELP | Touo |
The Touo language is spoken over the southern part of Rendova Island in the Solomon Islands. Touo belongs to the Central Solomons group of the Papuan languages. All the surrounding languages to Touo belong to the Oceanic subgroup of the Austronesian language family.
The Touo language is sometimes called the Baniata or Lokuru language, after the largest two villages where the language is spoken. The word Touo comes from the ethnonym that Touo speakers use to refer to themselves. The language is not spoken by many people, it is spoken only in one country.
Sources
Dunn, Michael (2005). "Vernacular Literacy in the Touo Language of the Solomon Islands". Current Issues in Language Planning. 6 (2): 239–250. doi:10.1080/14664200508668283.
Terrill, Angela; Dunn, Michael (2003). "Orthographic design in the Solomon Islands: The social, historical, and linguistic situation of Touo (Baniata)". Written Language & Literacy. 6 (2): 177–192. doi:10.1075/wll.6.2.03ter.
See also
References
- ^ Touo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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