Southeast Solomonic languages
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title:
Southeast Solomonic languages
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The family of Southeast Solomonic languages forms a branch of the Oceanic languages. It consists of some 26 languages covering the Eastern Solomon Islands, from the tip of Santa Isabel to Makira. It is defined by the merger of Proto-Oceanic *l and *R. The fact that there is little diversity amongst these languages, compared to groups of similar size in Melanesia, suggests that they dispersed in the relatively recent past. Bugotu, Gela and "supposedly" Lengo are three of the most conservative lan
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Languages of the Solomon Islands
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Solomonic_languages
date created:
2005-05-21T00:47:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T04:28:33Z
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