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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]

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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]

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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

  1. This source says there is one liquid consonant (r / l), but does not specify which one.

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