Blablanga language

E164391

The Blablanga language is an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands, belonging to the Northwest Solomonic subgroup of the Austronesian language family.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Blablanga language canonical 1
Langalanga language 1
Maringe Lagoon language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Oceanic language
language
alternateName Blablanga
Blanga
Gao–Blanga (when grouped with Gao)
classificationReference Glottolog
continent Oceania
country Solomon Islands
domainOfUse home and community
traditional cultural practices
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnolinguisticGroup Blanga people
family Austronesian language family
glottocode blab1242
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Proto-Northwest Solomonic
linked to: Solomonic languages

Proto-Oceanic
hasDialects dialectal variation by village
iso639-3Code blp
languageBranch Malayo-Polynesian
Northwest Solomonic
Oceanic
lexifierFamily Austronesian
linguisticArea Northwest Solomons linguistic area
macroArea Papunesia
neighboringLanguage Cheke Holo language
Gao language
Zabana language
region Northwestern Solomon Islands
linked to: Solomon Islands
riskFactor shift of younger speakers to Pijin
spokenIn Isabel Province
Solomon Islands
status minority language
subfamily Oceanic
subgroupOf Northwest Solomonic languages
typologicalFeature SVO word order (subject–verb–object)
prepositional language
uses subject markers on verbs
usedAlongside English (official language of Solomon Islands)
Solomon Islands Pijin
usedFor daily communication in local communities
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Northwest Solomonic languages hasMember Blablanga language
New Georgia languages hasMember Ranongga language
linked to: Blablanga language
Cheke Holo alternateName Maringe Lagoon language
linked to: Blablanga language
Malaita languages hasMember Langalanga language
linked to: Blablanga language