Ysabel languages
Appearance
Santa Isabel | |
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Geographic distribution | Santa Isabel Island |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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The seven Santa Isabel languages are a group of Northwest Solomonic languages.
Languages
The unity of the Santa Isabel languages is fully supported by a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database[1] The internal structure differs; however, according to Ethnologue, the languages in question (the Central and Eastern Santa Isabel languages) are close enough that they can use the same literature.
- West Santa Isabel
- Central–East Isabel
- Kokota
- Zazao–Holo
- Zazao (Kilokaka)
- Cheke Holo (Maringe and Hograno)
There are two other languages in Ethnologue not included in the 2008 analysis: Blablanga, classified as Central with Kokota and Zazao, and Gao, classified as Eastern with Cheke Holo.
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