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Ontong Java language
Polynesian language spoken in Solomon Islands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ontong Java is a Polynesian language located on the Ontong Java Atoll (formerly Lord Howe atoll), in Solomon Islands. It has two dialects, Luangiua and Pelau, named after the two principal inhabited islands; the name Luangiua is also commonly used to refer to the Ontong Java language as a whole.[2][3]
Ontong Java is commonly used by all speakers, young and old. There are approximately 2,370 residents[4] of Ontong Java Atoll and has an estimated 2,400 speakers living on the atoll.
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Classification
Ontong Java is closely related to the Ellicean languages of Polynesia and to Sikaiana, Takuu, and Nukumanu in Papua New Guinea.[4]
Phonology
The phoneme inventory of this language is poorly studied, and many sources have conflicting phoneme inventories.[3]: 226 [5]
An older source lists two additional vowels, /ɑ/ and /ə/.[5]
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Grammar
Ontong Java word order is normally VSO[4] and SVO.[7]
Notes
- This source says there is one liquid consonant (r / l), but does not specify which one.
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