Hoava language
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'''Hoava''' is an [[Oceanic languages|Oceanic language]] spoken by 1000–1500 people on [[New Georgia Island]], [[Solomon Islands]]. Speakers of Hoava are multilingual and usually also speak [[Roviana language|Roviana]], [[Marovo language|Marovo]], [[Pijin|Solomon Islands Pijin]], English.{{clarify|all of the above or only some?|date=February 2023}} |
'''Hoava''' is an [[Oceanic languages|Oceanic language]] spoken by 1000–1500 people on [[New Georgia Island]], [[Solomon Islands]]. Speakers of Hoava are multilingual and usually also speak [[Roviana language|Roviana]], [[Marovo language|Marovo]], [[Pijin|Solomon Islands Pijin]], English.{{clarify|all of the above or only some?|date=February 2023}} |
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== Dialects == |
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Hoava has a distinct dialect, [[Kusaghe dialect|Kusaghe]].{{Cite book |last=Davis|first=Karen|url=http://sealang.net/archives/pl/pdf/PL-535.pdf|title=A grammar of the Hoava language, Western Solomons|date=2003|publisher=Pacific Linguistics|others=CRCL, Pacific Linguistics And/Or The Author(S)|isbn=978-0-85883-502-3|editor-last=CRCL|language=en|doi=10.15144/pl-535}} |
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== History == |
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Hoava is an [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]] language that is spoken mostly on the island of [[New Georgia]]. New Georgia is a mountainous island, 85 kilometres long and 41 kilometres wide at its widest part, with a total area of {{convert|2,145|km2|mi2}}, covered with dense rainforests (Davis 2003). The island was involved in a series of World War II battles, later named the [[New Georgia Campaign]], which lasted from June 20 to November 3, 1943.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
Hoava is an [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]] language that is spoken mostly on the island of [[New Georgia]]. New Georgia is a mountainous island, 85 kilometres long and 41 kilometres wide at its widest part, with a total area of {{convert|2,145|km2|mi2}}, covered with dense rainforests (Davis 2003). The island was involved in a series of World War II battles, later named the [[New Georgia Campaign]], which lasted from June 20 to November 3, 1943.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
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== Population == |
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Hoava is an Austronesian language that is spoken in three known locations: [[Western Province (Solomon Islands)|Western Province]], New Georgia Island, and [[North Marovo lagoon]], but mainly New Georgia Island. According to a 1986 census there are about 2,360 speakers of the language, but as of the 1999 census, the language is spoken by 460 people, suggesting a huge decline in the number of speakers. |
Hoava is an Austronesian language that is spoken in three known locations: [[Western Province (Solomon Islands)|Western Province]], New Georgia Island, and [[North Marovo lagoon]], but mainly New Georgia Island. According to a 1986 census there are about 2,360 speakers of the language, but as of the 1999 census, the language is spoken by 460 people, suggesting a huge decline in the number of speakers. |
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