New Georgia languages

E145901

The New Georgia languages are a subgroup of Oceanic languages spoken primarily in the New Georgia Islands of the Solomon Islands, known for their close genetic relationship within the Northwest Solomonic branch.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oceanic languages subgroup ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
arealCluster Western Solomons linguistic area ⓘ
arealFeature contact with other Northwest Solomonic languages ⓘ
influence from neighboring Papuan languages (limited) ⓘ
classificationStatus well-established subgroup within Northwest Solomonic ⓘ
geographicCore New Georgia Island ⓘ
linked to: New Georgia Islands

Ranongga Island ⓘ
Rendova Island ⓘ
linked to: Vangunu Island

Simbo Island ⓘ
Vangunu Island ⓘ
hasEthnolinguisticContext spoken by communities traditionally engaged in fishing and gardening ⓘ
hasGeneticRelationship close internal genetic relationship ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature shared lexical innovations within Northwest Solomonic ⓘ
shared sound changes distinguishing them from other Oceanic branches ⓘ
hasMember Duke of York language (historically classified variably) ⓘ
Ghanongga language ⓘ
Hoava language ⓘ
Kazukuru language ⓘ
Marovo language ⓘ
Nduke language ⓘ
linked to: Nendö language

Ranongga language ⓘ
linked to: Blablanga language

Roviana language ⓘ
Simbo language ⓘ
Vangunu language ⓘ
hasNotableLanguage Hoava language ⓘ
Marovo language ⓘ
Roviana language ⓘ
languageBranch Oceanic ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian ⓘ
languageSubbranch Northwest Solomonic ⓘ
locatedIn Melanesia ⓘ
Southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Northwest Solomonic branch ⓘ
phonologicalFeature contrastive prenasalized stops in several member languages ⓘ
simple vowel inventories in most member languages ⓘ
region Western Province, Solomon Islands ⓘ
researchField Austronesian linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
spokenIn New Georgia Islands ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
subclassOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
Northwest Solomonic languages ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature complex verbal morphology compared to some Oceanic relatives ⓘ
predominantly SVO word order ⓘ
use of prepositions ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script (for languages with written tradition) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Solomonic languages → hasMember → New Georgia languages ⓘ
Western Oceanic languages → hasSubgroup → New Georgia – Ysabel languages ⓘ
linked to: New Georgia languages
Hoava language → isPartOf → New Georgia languages ⓘ
Kokota language → subgroup → New Georgia–Ysabel languages ⓘ
linked to: New Georgia languages
Ghanongga language → subgroup → New Georgia – Ysabel ⓘ
linked to: New Georgia languages
Ghanongga language → partOf → New Georgia languages ⓘ
Vangunu language → languageSubgroup → New Georgia languages ⓘ
Marovo language → belongsTo → New Georgia languages ⓘ
Vella Lavella people → relatedGroup → New Georgia people ⓘ
linked to: New Georgia languages