Marovo language

Marovo is an Austronesian language of the Solomon Islands. It is spoken in the New Georgia Group on islands in Marovo Lagoon and on the neighbouring islands of New Georgia, Vangunu and Nggatokae. The usual word order in sentences is verb–subject–object.

Marovo
Region	Solomon Islands
Native speakers	(8,100 cited 1999)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Northwest Solomonic New Georgia – Ysabel New Georgia Marovo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mvo
Glottolog	maro1244

Names for local fauna are similar to but still much distinct from those in Roviana (and presumably other New Georgia languages).^[2]

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Stop/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	tʃ	k
	prenasal	ᵐb	ⁿd	ᶮdʒ	ᵑɡ
Fricative		β	s		ɣ
Lateral			l
Tap			ɾ

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a

Vowel length is also distinctive.^[3]